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Social threat

I was surprised on reading the article “The social threat” (Open Page, Dec. 30) which was biased. The author laments the absence of gender consciousness and cites the portrayal of women in television serials among other things to make her point. Why does she miss the point that men too are portrayed badly? They too are portrayed as stupid, violent, irresponsible and promiscuous.

The issue is the wrong portrayal of the entire society. While violence against men is justified, society comes down heavily on violence against women. The reason — the respect society has for them.

Suraj Yadav,

Pune

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I completely disagree with the portion of the article that refers to gender consciousness. Bad portrayal is not unique to women; men too are depicted by television serial and movie makers as rapists and murderers. I wish the author had been sensitive to that aspect as well instead of making it appear that women alone are victims of increased television viewing. I, for one, have been hurt many times on seeing men portrayed as brainless, idiots, morons and criminals.

Rohan Dharesh,

Bangalore

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