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Feminism means egalitarianism. Not equality of convenience. She was wrong to have said that.
In real life- yes- if women make inappropriate sexualising comments at the workplace and youre not interested you absolutely should shut that down. has that happened to you?
I know when I was in my twenties at my first job my boss thought it was okay to grab my thigh and another senior colleague snapped my bra once. I had to gather the courage and shut it down. No one did it for me. It wouldnt do to go to HR and cry- id get branded as a cry baby and too sensitive. I politely asked them why they did that and asked them what their wives would think.
there isnt one kind of feminism. Feminists disagree amongst themselves about a number of things. If you want to learn anything about it- you should start with discarding the assumption that all women must think alike.
It happens with both genders, and both genders are equally liable to debauchery or simple hormones. It's just that males have, throughout history, been liable to misuse their position of relative power over females to negate consent for stuff. Women's thoughts and sexuality have been repressed since time immemorial.
You don't think males congregate together and say "kya hot thi bhai voh bandi" or "XYZ bollywood actress was really hot!". If you don't say anything towards the males who say that (even in higher positions of power), then you have no right to question the women who objectify males.
Females still are pretty disadvantaged in society
if feminists are after equal rights, why are they not protesting against this attitude of female actresses- after all this liberty far exceeds equality since males can't ever think of saying something like this.
so jahan zaada rights mile vahan theek hai but jahan kam miley vahan equal hona chahiye?
not trying to stir up a debate but as a newbie into this concept called feminism, i really want to listen to what feminists have to say about this - once again, i am open to being schooled on this topic, i just feel that maybe i am missing something here. would love to hear some thoughts. btw i am myself a firm believer in feminism but this is one incident that i just cant ignore - i want to know the logic. feel free to do this debate in a civilised manner guys/girls.