Actor Shweta Tiwari in an interview with Bollywood bubble, called out
the double standards between men and women when it comes to public facilities. She
said if there are facilities like smoking corners, changing pads for women, there
should also be designated breastfeeding areas for men and women in public facilities.
In the interview, she spoke on lot of topics like body image issues,
beauty standards and insecurities that she had in her life and how she overcame
them.
She said she likes breastfeeding, but has faced a lot of problems while
breastfeeding her son. She went on, “I like breastfeeding. As a mother, I enjoy
doing that. I was breastfeeding my son when he was three-and-a-half years old
during Covid times. It’s such a taboo, airports don’t have breastfeeding areas.
They have smoking areas, though. Ladies’ washrooms have a diaper changing area,
but you won’t find them in men’s washrooms. Do only women travel with
children?”
She said that she doesn’t care about such things, and is happy to
feed even in restaurants. “I don’t know if it made anyone else uncomfortable,”
she said, adding, “I’m not doing anything wrong. I’m not snorting drugs. I am
feeding my hungry child. I have to do it. If someone is getting uncomfortable,
I’m sorry, get up and go.”
Shweta touched the star fame and became a household name after starting
in a super hit tv serial Kasautii Zindagi kay. She also made appearance in the shows
like Parvarish, Begusarai and Meri Dad Ki Dulhan.