Goa: Maneka Gandhi, The Union Minister for Women And Child Development has proposed the Film affiliation/fraternity to depict women in a better way as it is the reason for the rising crime against women in the country.
While speaking at the Goa Fest yesterday Maneka Gandhi said, "We have the very important reason why men believe they can get away or they indulge in violence against women and that film. If you look at films, which is a way to communicate messages, you will find romance almost always starts with eve-teasing. The man and friends will surround a woman, be mean to her trip her up, show her down, abuse her, touch her inappropriately and slowly she falls in love with him,"
She also added, "violence against women is increasing because of the indecent representation of them in Bollywood and regional movies ."
"Romance in almost every film starts with eve teasing, be it Hindi or in regional films," Gandhi added.
To concluded she said, "The man's feeling of powerlessness, he is being shouted at, his failure in job is also one of the reasons of violence against women,"
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