Share your views on the statement-flims,serial and ads do not portray the women in the right manner
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Mirroring Indian Society?
A larger-than-life picture of many aspects of Indian society and its culture are portrayed in these serials: relationships, emotions, festivities, costumes, jewellery. They also highlight different issues and taboos in our society and raises questions about the same.Balika Vadhu is a perfect example, the plot touches upon the delicate issue of child marriage and shows women struggling in their daily lives, in their relationship with their mother-in-laws and husbands.
But the question is, do these serials portray the real India and its women?

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Imposing Archetypes: The Ideal Woman vs The Vamp
Most of these daily dramas revolve around complexities of family, marriage and relationships. Since these serials are immensely popular, they have a great impact on our minds: the way we perceive others, the society and their roles in that society. These serials create stereotypes, like "the ideal woman" and "the bad woman". These characters carry decisive attributes which are depicted via the plot. These attributes influence our outlook. We tend to judge others based on these created archetypes.

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Daily soaps depict Indian values through joint families and its bahus (daughter-in-laws). It is interesting to observe how these 'values' are steeped inpatriarchal settings. The roles, in which women are shown, sometimes become unrealistic.
The bahu in more serials, be it Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi or Madhubala, are onedimensional- soft spoken, obedient, submissive. They take care of their parents, in-laws, husbandand put everyone else before their own desires and needs. They religiously adorn the symbols of marriage- bindi, sari, chudi, mangalsootra and sindoor.

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A good woman, according to Indian serials, is an ideal homemaker. Her world revolves around her family and her home. Her family's/husband's opinion becomes her opinion.
A perfect example of this stereotypical bahu is our 'Gopi' from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya. She is a devoted wife and bahu because she is shy, pious, illiterate, sweet and only wear saris. Her 'saasu maa', Kokila, finds in her a perfect match for her son Ahem, another mumma’s boy from our daily soap.
However, if a woman is ambitious and stands equal to a man, she is portrayed in a bad light. In contrastto the introverted, conservative and sari/suit wearing bahu, this woman is portrayedwearing western dresses, is outspoken and confident. She is the so called 'vamp' of the serial." Aisi aurat apne bacho ko kya sanskar degi? "

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Again, according to our daily soaps, a good docile woman is the one who always love and respect her husband, no matter what he does to heror how he treats her. But why is it always expected from the woman and not the man? Why is the woman always expected to surrender and forget her self esteem in order to win her man's love? Some of the serials, likeMadhubala , glorify a man who insults, hurts and abuses the woman, with whom he is in ‘so called’ love and it is always his wife who tries to patch up by massaging his male ego so that they can live a happy married life. What is far more dangerous?It sends out the message that being a "bad boy" and treating women badly will make men more attractive to women even in real life.

Defining Gender Roles
Patriarchy is very evident in almost every daily soap. They define certain gender roles, and anything that doesn't pertain to these roles is seen as negative. A man must take care of business and earn for the family, but the role of a woman is restricted to the boundaries of her home and the family. Anything beyond these settings make the bahu a bad woman.
This isn't the reality. But sadly, many of us have been led to believe it is, because daily soaps say so.

Women's Issues: A 'Fair' Point
Women are always shownworryingabout trivial issues like their mannerisms, looks and skin colour, unlike a man who is accepted by everyone the way he is. Suhani Si Ek Ladki is a story of a girl with dark complexion, struggling to gain the acceptance ofher in-laws and society, and her husband's affections.
A larger-than-life picture of many aspects of Indian society and its culture are portrayed in these serials: relationships, emotions, festivities, costumes, jewellery. They also highlight different issues and taboos in our society and raises questions about the same.Balika Vadhu is a perfect example, the plot touches upon the delicate issue of child marriage and shows women struggling in their daily lives, in their relationship with their mother-in-laws and husbands.
But the question is, do these serials portray the real India and its women?

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Imposing Archetypes: The Ideal Woman vs The Vamp
Most of these daily dramas revolve around complexities of family, marriage and relationships. Since these serials are immensely popular, they have a great impact on our minds: the way we perceive others, the society and their roles in that society. These serials create stereotypes, like "the ideal woman" and "the bad woman". These characters carry decisive attributes which are depicted via the plot. These attributes influence our outlook. We tend to judge others based on these created archetypes.

Source
Daily soaps depict Indian values through joint families and its bahus (daughter-in-laws). It is interesting to observe how these 'values' are steeped inpatriarchal settings. The roles, in which women are shown, sometimes become unrealistic.
The bahu in more serials, be it Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi or Madhubala, are onedimensional- soft spoken, obedient, submissive. They take care of their parents, in-laws, husbandand put everyone else before their own desires and needs. They religiously adorn the symbols of marriage- bindi, sari, chudi, mangalsootra and sindoor.

Source
A good woman, according to Indian serials, is an ideal homemaker. Her world revolves around her family and her home. Her family's/husband's opinion becomes her opinion.
A perfect example of this stereotypical bahu is our 'Gopi' from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya. She is a devoted wife and bahu because she is shy, pious, illiterate, sweet and only wear saris. Her 'saasu maa', Kokila, finds in her a perfect match for her son Ahem, another mumma’s boy from our daily soap.
However, if a woman is ambitious and stands equal to a man, she is portrayed in a bad light. In contrastto the introverted, conservative and sari/suit wearing bahu, this woman is portrayedwearing western dresses, is outspoken and confident. She is the so called 'vamp' of the serial." Aisi aurat apne bacho ko kya sanskar degi? "

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Again, according to our daily soaps, a good docile woman is the one who always love and respect her husband, no matter what he does to heror how he treats her. But why is it always expected from the woman and not the man? Why is the woman always expected to surrender and forget her self esteem in order to win her man's love? Some of the serials, likeMadhubala , glorify a man who insults, hurts and abuses the woman, with whom he is in ‘so called’ love and it is always his wife who tries to patch up by massaging his male ego so that they can live a happy married life. What is far more dangerous?It sends out the message that being a "bad boy" and treating women badly will make men more attractive to women even in real life.

Defining Gender Roles
Patriarchy is very evident in almost every daily soap. They define certain gender roles, and anything that doesn't pertain to these roles is seen as negative. A man must take care of business and earn for the family, but the role of a woman is restricted to the boundaries of her home and the family. Anything beyond these settings make the bahu a bad woman.
This isn't the reality. But sadly, many of us have been led to believe it is, because daily soaps say so.

Women's Issues: A 'Fair' Point
Women are always shownworryingabout trivial issues like their mannerisms, looks and skin colour, unlike a man who is accepted by everyone the way he is. Suhani Si Ek Ladki is a story of a girl with dark complexion, struggling to gain the acceptance ofher in-laws and society, and her husband's affections.
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The serials, advertisements, and films do not portray the women in the right manner, these commercials somewhere create a disrespect towards the women.
In present time, videos and television are the main source of spreading information, entertainment where any kind of presentation is mostly viewed by viewers, if this presents the wrong or misleading information that means most of the people including children have wrong perception and thinking towards the same.
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