‘Feminism’ may have been the word of the year, but the sad part is that many of us still do not know its real meaning.
At a time when the world is still struggling to learn the meaning of ‘feminism’ and its intricacies, BJP leader Ram Madhav has already figured out who the first feminist was.
According to Business Standard, BJP General Secretary said, “Draupadi was the first feminist of the world.”
India would have been happy and rejoiced if he would’ve stopped right there because what he said after that is totally unacceptable.
He said,
She had five husbands; she won’t listen to any of the five. She only listened to (Lord) Krishna, who was a friend. But we never call her promiscuous.
Seriously ‘promiscuous’? Not just this, the politician also went to the extent of calling Draupadi and her stubbornness the sole reason for Mahabharata war.
I see in @rammadhavbjp an emerging philosopher on Indian ancient mythology…..history https://t.co/41Rjt5AKzg
— LEGALLY SPEAKING (@Tarunnangia) December 18, 2017
Ram Madhav has always been at the receiving end of trolls for his controversial statements.
Tweeps trolled the BJP leader and asked him some serious questions.
And Ganesha was the first case of head transplant.
— u s kakodker (@uskakodker1) December 17, 2017
Molestation and rape were known too.
Draupadi was world’s first feminist, says BJP leader Ram Madhav https://t.co/ShLOsSlMRS pic.twitter.com/0jjsCrqRxM
— Business Standard (@bsindia) December 17, 2017
How could transgender rights activist not exist?
And Shikhandi was the world’s first #LGBTQ rights campaigner! ✌😎
— The Onlooker (@PhaniPrasad) December 17, 2017
Draupadi who was forced to marry 5 brothers is the world’s first feminist according to Mr Ram Madhav.Btw, who was the world’s 1st crackpot?
— PatralekhaChatterjee (@patralekha2011) December 17, 2017
Feminism is not a dirty word. It is as respectful as Draupadi.
I always feel these so called think tank people in BJP are most shallow head and utmost idiots .What Draupadi epitomises , to understand this is beyond his comprehension
— chandan kumar (@chandan_jaihind) December 18, 2017
The Pandava queen Draupadi was indeed a feminist, but not in the way Mr. Madhav has pointed out. Sad that it is 2017 and we are still so unclear about what the word stands for.
It’s high time we understand that feminism is all about sharing opportunities and being treated equal and at par with the other gender.
