Actor Mukesh Khanna is being slammed by netizens for saying that the MeToo movement began after women started stepping out for work.
The social movement against sexual abuse and sexual harassment gained prominence in India in 2018 when actress Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of sexual harassment. Since then, several women in the Hindi film industry have named and shamed alleged perpetrators.
Talking about the movement in a video, which has gone viral on Twitter, Mukesh says: "Aurat ka kaam hai ghar sambhalna (The job of a woman is to take care of the house). Problem kahaan se shuru hue hai #MeToo ki jab auraton ne bhi kaam karna shuru kar diya (The problem of #MeToo began when women started working). Aaj aurat mard ke saath kandhey se kandha milane ke baat karti hai (Today, women talk about walking shoulder-to-shoulder with men)."
The comment made by the actor, best known for playing the desi superhero Shaktimaan on the small screen, has left many netizens furious.
This Is How Netizens Reacted:
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A user wrote, "I have spent my entire childhood getting cancelled for calling Shaktiman trash. Ab dekh lo tumhare Shaktiman ko."
Another user wrote, "The words of Mukesh Khanna are still as illogical as they used to be during the time of Shaktimaan." "Mukesh Khanna is the cautionary tale of how living in the past glory can be dangerous. His attention-seeking words reek of desperation .He wants to get validated by more misogynistic men & be hailed as a hero that he never was. Media needs to stop normalising such sexist men," added another user.