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Tuesday, 9th Dec 2014, 2:46 PM IST Few days ago, Navin Tyagi, the secretary of Hindu Mahasabha had stated that actresses who do item numbers should be declared as prostitutes. His statement has not gone down well with Bollywood. And recently, Priyanka Chopra spoke up about the statement. She said, "I would like to move the court to stop these men from wearing pants because I don't think they are man enough to stand up for the real issues, stop deflecting and start defending the women of the country.” "Can I tell the court that don't let such men wear pants, make them wear skirts because they are behaving like girls. It is stupid. It's like saying that if a girl is wearing a small skirt then she should be raped. No, a girl is raped because a man raped her. It is as stupid and regressive as that. Anyone can move the court for anything these days. It's bizarre," Priyanka added. Talking about the rape that took place recently in Delhi, PeeCee said, "It worries me. It's high time, women are respected. Men in the country need to change their mindset. That's very very important. They need to start thinking that women are not just for pleasure, sex or taking care of the kitchen. We are human beings as much as men are. The mindset that has been prevalent for so many years it needs to start changing with education, with awareness. People need to start standing up for women in the country." One of the columnists recently in his column wrote, "Bollywood is much more efficient than the Indian state. Actually, the greatest integrating agents in India have been cultural icons like Raj Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar, Shahrukh Khan, not any political figure." Priyanka responded to this statement and said, "That's a great way of looking at it. The names that you've taken have always had huge social responsibility towards the people who look up to them. As public figures, actors (female and male) should be given their due and not just seen as easy targets to be pulled down because they make news." Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here –Android:http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS:bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |