After actor Priyanka Chopra’s New York shooting schedule for the third season of American TV show Quantico drew to a close, she attended the Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF) in Dubai on Saturday. The Quantico star and home girl PeeCee not only talked empowerment at the forum but also brutally shut down a journalist who asked a ludicrous question.
The query: 'Why is that a feminist never takes up a stand for a man who is physically abused?' The journalist was referring specifically to a man who ‘teases a woman’. He went on to rationalise that if a man slaps a woman, it’s a crime but why the reverse does not hold true.
Chopra’s expressions swiftly changed as she attentively absorbed the question. A savage smile preceded her reply to the question after her initially stupefied look faded. She seemed to relish the opportunity to address the rather dim-witted question. “I’m loving this question, bring it. This is epic,” she enthused.
“Physiologically men and women are different. There is no debate about it. When we talk about equality and opportunity, we talk about cerebral opportunity. We are not saying we want to able to be like a 200 pound man and beat the shit out if somebody else. We are not saying that. We are saying you give the ability to get the job, to be the CEO and no body questions when you’re driven at 50 and have three children, how you managing, don’t question me at all. That’s what I am saying. I can be a CEO and a mother. So when a girl slaps a man who teases her, he deserves it.”Priyanka Chopra
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