Content Creator Trolls Malaika Arora's Walk, Reveals Lack Of Sisterhood

A prominent content creator on Instagram recently posted a video imitating actor Malaika Arora’s walk. The video features this female content creator wearing a gym outfit and walking into the airport in what trolls call the "duck walk." The female content creator apparently thought this was funny and would garner a lot of attention to her page. Yes, of course she gained a lot of likes for her video, but lost self-respect.

How can something be termed funny if it is at the cost of hurting, shaming, or trolling someone? And coming from a female content creator makes it a million times worse! As if women don’t face enough disrespect from men, here comes a woman to troll a fellow woman for her walk. How is it humorous to make fun of another person? This indicates a serious lack of sisterhood and highlights how many people have narcissistic traits, with or without realising it.

You tell a person who cracks jokes by trolling someone that it’s offensive, and they’ll defend themselves by saying that you can’t take a joke for what it is! But what is funny about laughing at the expense of making fun of someone? Doesn’t it feel like something is mentally wrong with people whose sense of humour comes at the expense of teasing someone?

Malaika Arora's Walk Trolled

Malaika Arora often makes the headlines for being trolled. It’s like trolls have an unhealthy obsession with her. She is scrutinised for everything that she does—her age, her relationship with Arjun Kapoor, the way she walks, the clothes she wears, etc. This seriously makes me wonder if trolls are actually envious of her. A self-sufficient woman who looks fabulous, takes ownership of her life, and gracefully survives through the ups and downs of life—jealousy much?

In her first stand-up comedy act, the badass diva gave a slipper-shot reply to trolls who have been teasing the way she walks for a very long time. "I walk like a duck. I mean, I have a tight b**t, and it looks like a buffet table where I can serve a seven-course meal. Then why shouldn’t I walk like a duck?" ">said the 49-year-old diva. Didn't she totally nail it with her reply?

She could be 49, but the actor is one of the fittest stars in the industry. Going to the gym regularly and sweating it out to maintain a physique like hers isn’t child’s play. It takes serious dedication and hard work, which many people cannot do. Shouldn’t we be taking that as inspiration? She does the hard work, so she’s got the right to flaunt it! Why is it anybody’s problem?

It’s unfortunate that men have an amazing spirit of brotherhood, but women in our society seriously lack the spirit of sisterhood, thanks to what patriarchy has ingrained in our minds for ages. Men have a greater hold on the power dynamics, and if we want to reach the top, we need to prove that we are on their side. And that often means putting down other women because that’s what misogynistic men do. We’ve been taught to look at each other as competitors rather than supporters. It’s time to realise that this is one of patriarchy’s greatest strengths - turning women against each other so that it always outnumbers women.

Women need to understand that all of us face some form of oppression by patriarchy, and it’s only through a collective effort that we can break the institution itself. We need to realise that patriarchy has pitted us against each other for ages for its own benefit. Until the day we stand up not only for ourselves but for the sisters next to us, we are all, knowingly or unknowingly, going to remain in the clutches of patriarchy.

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