Amid
the
ongoing
protests
in
the
country
against
the
recent
Hathras
gang-rape,
Bollywood
actress
Anushka
Sharma
penned
a
hard-hitting
note
on
gender
inequality.
The
actress
spoke
about
how
having
a
male
child
is
considered
to
be
privilege
in
our
society
and
called
this
notion
a
'myopic
view'.
Anushka
Sharma
Shares
Her
Thoughts
On
The
So-Called
Privilege
Of
Having
A
Male
Child
The
Ae
Dil
Hai
Mushkil
actress
began
her
post
by
writing,
"In
our
society,
having
a
male
child
is
seen
as
a
'privilege'.
Of
course,
it's
no
more
privilege
than
having
a
girl
child
but
the
fact
is
that
this
so-called
privilege
has
been
viewed
incorrectly
and
with
an
extremely
myopic
view."
Anushka
Says
It's
The
Duty
Of
Parents
To
Raise
A
Boy
In
A
Way
That
He
Respects
A
Girl
She
further
wrote,
"The
only
‘privilege'
is
that
one
has
the
opportunity
to
raise
a
boy
in
a
way
that
he
respects
a
girl.
That's
your
DUTY
as
a
parent
to
society.
So,
don't
think
of
it
as
a
PRIVILEGE."
'The
Gender
Of
A
Child
Does
Not
Make
You
Privileged,'
Says
Anushka
Sharma
Anushka
added,
"The
gender
of
the
child
doesn't
make
you
privileged
but
it
is
actually
the
responsibility
you
owe
to
society
to
raise
a
boy
so
well
that
women
feel
safe
and
protected."
Earlier,
the
actress
expressed
her
shock
over
the
rape
case
in
Uttar
Pradesh's
Balrampur,
which
came
almost
immediately
after
the
Hathras
incident.
She
took
to
her
Instagram
page
to
condemn
the
brutal
crime
and
wrote,
"Barely
any
time
has
passed
and
we
are
hearing
of
another
brutal
rape!?!
In
which
world
do
such
monsters
think
they
can
do
this
to
a
young
life.
This
is
beyond
comprehension,
so
distressing!
Is
there
any
fear
in
the
minds
of
such
men?
How
do
we
as
a
society
put
fear
in
them
and
protect
our
women?
#NoMercyForRapists
#Balrampur."
Speaking
about
work,
Anushka
Sharma
was
last
seen
in
Anand
L
Rai's
Zero
alongside
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
Katrina
Kaif.
With
respect
to
her
personal
life,
the
actress
is
expecting
her
first
baby
with
cricketer-hubby
Virat
Kohli.