Nora Fatehi, the actress, has found herself in hot water after making controversial comments on feminism that generated strong criticism. She has now made a clarification and an apology stating that her statement was not appropriately understood.
Nora Fatehi CLARIFIES her stand on feminism
During a recent interview with Mashable, Nora said she was criticizing what she called “radical feminism” in the West but not feminist movement as a whole. “I would like to clarify that this is not a problem in India. We still uphold tradition and values. But in the West, we have too many people now who encourage the ideology that ‘I can do everything myself’, ‘I can even have kids by myself’. Of course you can but why are we encouraging that? Shouldn’t we promote nuclear families?” She asked.
Nora Fatehi Speaks on Coming From a Broken Family
Furthermore, Nora said her views were influenced by growing up with divorced parents. “I come from a broken family. My parents separated when I was 10-11. So I saw it negatively affect my mom,” she told Entertainment Tonight. She argued for both parents’ role importance to their child’s life while advocating for traditional family structures which should be maintained at all costs.
Nora Fatehi “APOLOGISES” For Her Feminism Remark
Recognizing how hurtful her previous comments had been, Nora expressed genuine regret. “My remark was taken out of context and if people were upset I would like to genuinely apologise for hurting them but that was not the intention at all.” she commented.
The actress also raised concerns about the extreme feminist wave in the West which she believes leads to societal imbalance. “We have lost balance in the West. The situation is very chaotic.” She added.
Nora Fatehi’s Comments on Feminism
People criticized Nora’s statements concerning women independence and their roles recently. In his podcast with Ranveer Allahbadia, she had earlier stated that women should be independent but only “to a certain extent” while men are the primary “providers” and women are “nurturers.”
