‘We aren’t the weaker sex’

Katrina Kaif, who was at the ‘WeUnite’ conference in Mumbai recently to express her views on sensitive issues related to women, urged them to speak out against atrocities, marital rape and other crimes committed against them.

“I would urge women to speak out. It is not okay to feel inferior or weak because we are not the weaker sex by any stretch of imagination. We may be more emotional, but that makes us care-givers and mothers,” she said. The world has largely been led by patriarchal societies and women have, through the years, largely remained quiet in the face of atrocities, rather than speaking out against them,” the 33-year-old actress added.

Further speaking about the marital rapes, she said that educated women largely remain quiet about marital rape as a majority of Indian society does not recognise it as a crime. “I know of educated women who remain silent in the face of violence because they are afraid to confront societal norms and have fingers pointed in their direction, especially when the majority of our society fails to recognise marital rape as a crime,” Kaif said. — ANI