Priyanka
Chopra
says
women
have
"always
been
treated
as
second-class
citizens" and
unlike
men,
they
are
forced
to
adhere
to
certain
standards
of
beauty.
The
35-year-old
star
believes
rather
than
submitting
to
the
societal
norms,
women
should
focus
on
loving
themselves
and
being
confident
in
their
own
skin.
"We've
always
been
told
that
only
one
of
us
can
win
and
only
the
best
one
will
get
the
cutest
boy
and
only
the
best
one
will
get
the
job,
that
we
spent
so
much
time
elbowing
each
other
out
of
the
way,
pulling
each
other
down."
"Can
we,
for
a
second,
love
ourselves
and
say,
'I
do
not
need
all
of
these
magazines
to
tell
me
how
to
lose
the
weight
or
how
should
I
starve
because
I
wanna
please
a
man?'" Priaynka
said
in
an
interview
with
Allure
magazine.
The
actor
said
people
have
always
doubted
women's
capability,
so
they
should
stop
berating
their
own
selves.
"So
the
next
time
you
see
yourself
doubting
yourself
or
you
look
at
a
picture
of
yourself
and
you
say,
'Oh
my
God,'
or
you
wake
up
in
the
morning
and
you
say,
'Wow,
why
do
I
look
like
that?'...
Whatever
that
instant
might
be,
the
next
time
you
do
that
for
yourself,
recognize
it,"
she
said.
"Start
with
just
recognizing
what
you're
doing.
That's
called
self-hate,
self-doubt,
you're
berating
yourself.
I
mean,
we
have
enough
people
doing
that
to
us
anyway.
Why
do
we
need
to
do
it
to
ourselves?"
"Love
yourself,
ladies.
You're
your
best
friend,"
she
added.
The
former
Miss
World
believes
"beauty
lies
in
the
eyes
of
the
beholder",
and
added
that
"everyone
doesn't
look
the
same
way,
so
the
world
needs
to
be
trained
to
see
beauty
differently".
"You
see
so
many
women,
different
sizes,
modelling,
acting,
taking
their
strength,
but
it's
the
mindset
that
needs
to
change,
of
society,
of
men,
of
people,
that
view
where
a
woman
in
a
plus
size
should
not
be
a
check
in
the
box.
Or
a
woman
of
colour
should
not
be
a
check
in
the
box.
Or
a
woman
shouldn't
be
a
check
in
the
box.