ISLAMABAD – Top Bollywood icon Aishwarya Rai breaks silence regardingsexual abuse in her motivational statements.
This is not the first time Ash chose to point out the unfairness directedtowards woman by men who go overboard with their ‘masculinity’ , “I havealways spoken out. I spoke in the past, I am speaking now, and I willcontinue to speak.”
She also credited social media for enabling women to voice their stories.“Social media has enabled the conversation and any woman who comes from anypart of the world today has a voice that will be heard,” she said at thelaunch of L’Oreal Paris X Sabyasachi Calcutta.
Trauma lives with a person therefore there is no ‘correct’ time to sharethe feelings felt during or post the particular incident, “When it comes tohelping women find their voice, find the strength, feel confident aboutsharing their stories, it’s not about the current time. This has been goingon since a lot of time and I am glad it has found a certain momentum today.”
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In 2002, Aishwarya accused Salman Khan of cheating and misbehaving, “Afterwe broke up, he (Salman) would call me and talk rubbish. There were timeswhen Salman got physical with me, luckily without leaving any marks. And, Iwould go to work as if nothing had happened.”
