Actress Sunny Leone, who has a cameo on TV show Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan, says mistreating and disrespecting women doesn’t make a man “cool”, it makes him “a monster”.
“I’m not from here [India], I’ve never lived in a culture in which it is not normal to be liberal. I just want to say to all the men out there, that if you’re a man who is curbing a woman’s freedom, it is just really uncool to behave in this manner whether you’re from a small town or a big town.
“It doesn’t make you cool, it makes you a monster,” Leone said in a statement.
The current track of the MTV show highlights the problems women face in the country.
Mukti (Charlie Chauhan) loses the love of her life and gets wrapped up in drugs and promiscuity. When some men misbehave with her, Mukti and her girl-gang decide to revolt and stand up for their right to lead their lives the way they wish. Leone joins the girls in this fight by walking alongside them as they march for their rights.
Speaking about women standing up for their rights, Leone added: “I think it is extremely important that women should stand up for themselves and be who they want to be. It starts with what you learn at home and with education. How your parents teach you to treat women... if that starts, then we can start seeing the change in our youngsters.”
Leone says she hopes the show will help her reach out to the youth.
“This is the least I can do to put it across out there to young people that it is not cool in any country to act like this. You need to change your mentality of how you treat people,” she said.
The Murder 3 actress, who is busy promoting her film Ek Paheli Leela, said: “For all the young men — you must speak up too. Staying silent [makes you] just as guilty, you should say something and help the girls achieve equal freedom. If you have respect from within then you will speak up.”
