Was Too Young & Scared: Shefali Shah Recalls Facing Street Harassment

Time and again actor Shefali Shah has proved that she is a strong advocate for women’s empowerment, rights, and safety. Shah recently spoke about combating street harassment at the L’Oreal Paris event. She confessed to facing street harassment at a very young age and also shared the advice she gives her sons.

Speaking to News18, Shah, who is the mother of two boys, said that one must raise their sons right. She opined that regardless of being a celebrity or not, she believed that daughters would be safe if sons were raised right.

Raising Sons Right

She added that, as the mother of two sons, she has the responsibility to raise them right. She elaborated that now we don’t even talk about keeping our daughters safe but instead talk about people being safe, respected, and not harassed, and for that, she said she has to raise two "wonderful, sensitive individuals.”

Further Shah said that there was a lot that she tried to tell them but understood that their attention span was only (showed a hand gesture indicating little). “To put it short and sweet, I always tell my sons to treat others the way you expect to be treated yourself. It’s really just as simple as that,” stated the Delhi Crime actor.

Shefali Shah On Facing Street Harassment

Answering a question of whether she has personally faced street harassment, the actor disclosed that she has and believes that most women have. She recalled that she was really young when she was in a market, going back home from school, when she was harassed on the street. “I couldn’t do anything about it. I was too young, and I was just scared, and no one stood up. I mean, it was crowded, but that’s not a justification, but I guess almost all women have somewhere dealt with it,” she elaborated on the incident.

Recently, Shefali Shah made headlines by being nominated for Emmy awards for playing Vartika Chaturvedi, DCP South, in the infamous Netflix series Delhi Crime 1 & 2. On the work front, she was last seen in Darlings and Doctor G. She’s yet to announce her upcoming projects.

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