In a society where a movie like Lipstick Under My Burkha is banned but movies overtly sexualising women are okay, in a society where men respond to sexual harassment allegations with proud references to their heterosexuality and entitlement to hit on women, Aranya Johar’s slam poem strikes a chord.
‘A Brown Girl’s Guide To Gender’ is a simple comment that talks about the hypocrisy in the way women are treated; told to be modest in a society that sexualises and objectifies them and blamed if they refuse; made to feel ashamed for having periods, while simultaneously being made to feel like their bodies are on display for men.
Watch her make her point through poetry:
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