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Sep 18, 2024 03:17 PM IST
Actress Shabana Azmi opened up about how society treats women when they cannot have children and how their self-worth is measured based on relationships.
Actress Shabana Azmi recently opened up about her personal life in an interview. Speaking to IE, the actress spoke about how women unable to have children are treated in a society that values their relationships over their work. (Also read: Shabana Azmi expresses grief over Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder, asks people to end patriarchy)
Shabana Azmi talks about self-esteem
Shabana said in the interview that the criterion of success for men is their career and work. But for women, it is measured by how they perform as a wife, mother or daughter. She also said that women who are made to feel ‘incomplete’ by society for not having children should understand that their self-worth comes from work.
She said, “It is hard to accept the fact that you cannot have children. Society makes you feel incomplete. You have to work hard to pull yourself out of it. But your self-realisation should come from your work. Women often measure self-worth from their relationships – how they are as a wife, mother, daughter… For a man, that is not the measure of success – rather it is his career, his work that gives him the most satisfaction. I believe this should apply to all genders.”
being unable to have children
This isn’t the first time Shabana has spoken about being unable to have children and instead focusing on her work. In 2000 on Rendezvous with Simi Grewal she admitted that she would have gone in a ‘different direction’ if she had children, but not choosing that made it ‘easier’ for her to work more.
She said, “If I had children, I’m sure I would have gone in a different direction. In a way, not having children made the choice much easier for me because I could do so much more with my time. I think motherhood is a very demanding job. In the beginning, I couldn’t believe I couldn’t become a mother. I was convinced that I was very special and blessed and of course, it was my God-given right. Yet, I was surprised at how easily I accepted it once I realised I couldn’t have children.”
Shabana has been married to Javed Akhtar since 1984. She will soon star in Dabba Cartel, Bun Tikki and Lahore 1947.
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