A gang rape survivor calls Salman Khan a disgrace, writes open letter to him

We all know that Salman Khan has landed into controversy due to his statement on raped woman. The actor in an interview had stated that he felt like a raped woman after shooting for the action sequences in his upcoming flick ‘Sultan’.

Well, Salman has faced a lot of backlash due to his statement. His father Salim Khan also posted an apology on Twitter on behalf of his son.

But now, a gang rape survivor, a social activist and a Padma Shri awardee, Sunitha Krishnan, has written an open letter to Salman.

Here’s her letter:

“I do not wish to take the name of the person in question because I feel it would be an act of giving him too much respect. The fact that he could easily compare himself to being raped shows how badly he has trivialised rape and rape culture. The harsh truth is that good looks and some talent made him the star that he is and he takes this role very lightly. With such fame, comes responsibility.

Instead of being aware of this, he has basically compared the scars, trauma and abuse of a rape victim to his role in a movie. I keep hearing men and women making such remarks and recently too, I found a woman who made a joke along these lines. She used to say ‘I was raped by this’ or ‘I was raped by that’ with no thought on the repercussions of these statements.

What we need to remember is rape culture is around us and all of these trivialising remarks add to it. As far as I can say, only perverts can make such statements. He is a disgrace.”

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