Veteran actor Lalit Parimoo it has had weight in the surrounding debate Mukesh KhannaNotes on women expressing sexual desire, saying that while everyone is entitled to their opinions, society has evolved and women today are much more open about their options and needs.Speaking to Siddharth Kannan, Parimoo was asked about Khanna’s statement, “Koi bhi ladki agar kisi ladke ko kahe ‘I want to have sex with you’, toh woh ladki ladki nahi hai, woh dhanda karti hai (She is not a decent girl and she is in a profession)”.Responding to the remarks, Parimoo said, “Dekhiye, Mukesh ji ko toh nahi kahunga, lekin is maamle mein Mukesh ji pichhli generation ke hain. Aaj toh shayad 10 ladkiyan aisa keh sakti hain. Culture itna badal gaya hai ki aisa keh sakti hain. Aurat ke andar aaj ke samay mein, utasaalar padhi-likhi, paisa kamane wali aur sex mein demand karne wali ladkiyon ki tadaad badh gayi hai. Ab woh chhui-mui wali ladki kahaan rahi? Toh woh dhandha karne wali nahi hai. Woh aurat ke adhikaar ke daayre mein bol rahi hai.” (Look, I won’t comment on Mukesh ji personally, but he belongs to an older generation on this issue. Today, many women can openly express such a desire. Society and culture have changed significantly. There are more educated and financially independent women who openly express their needs, including sexual needs. The image of shy and reserved women. There is nothing wrong with that; her rights and agency as a woman.)
“Women talk openly about satisfaction and relationships”
Parimoo noted that social attitudes around the world are changing and that women expressing their desires should not be seen as something out of the ordinary.“America aur Europe mein jahan aurat ke freedom par itni baat hui, jahan aurat orgasm tak baat karti hai, usko agar sex mein santushti nahi milti hai toh woh us purush se naata tod sakti hai. Jahan aisa culture aa chuka hai, wahan yeh toh bahut chhoti baat hai.” (In America and Europe, where women’s freedom is highly debated, women talk openly about orgasm and sexual satisfaction. If they are not satisfied in a relationship, they can decide to leave. In that context, a woman expressing her desire is a very small problem.)While insisting that Khanna is entitled to his personal views, Parimoo added, “Yeh Mukesh ji ke vichaar hain. Mukesh ji aisa sochte hain toh theek hai bhai, usmein kya kar sakte hain. But he doesn’t keep up with the times.” (These are Mukesh ji’s personal views, and he is entitled to think so. However, he is not keeping up with the changing times).
‘Her image of a woman is from another era’
The actress suggested that Khanna’s comments may stem from a traditional idea of womanhood.“Iska arth yeh bhi nikalta hai ki agar woh jeevan mein kisi stree se sambandh banaayein, toh aisi stree ki kaamna hogi jo aisi bilkul na ho. Aapke mann mein ek chhavi hoti hai na stree ki. Unke mann mein jo chhavi hai woh sha alag tarah kih bhi woh 5 ya 5. 60 saal pehle wali Bharatiya mahila, Bharatiya madhyam varg ki padhi-likhi mahila ko dekh so much.” (He also suggests that if he were to find a partner, he would prefer a woman who is not like that. Everyone has a certain image of a woman in their head. Her image seems to be from another era, perhaps that of an educated middle-class Indian woman of the 1950s or 1960s).
