Actress Renuka Shahane stood up for prostitutes when actress Suchitra Krishnamoorthi bracketed prostitutes and criminals in a tweet.
Renuka said there needed to be ways to correct the injustice that the traditions had imposed on sex workers.
Suchitra tweeted: "Amma always said 'money is not everything. Even criminals and wh**es have money. What matters is not money but character and integrity'. I truly understand her words only today. I've never felt more proud of my middle class roots."
No disrespect to your Amma @suchitrak but as women let's try & correct the injustice that our traditions have imposed on whores. We castigated whores while letting off their customers who are leading "respectful" lives! Let's not put whores & criminals in one bracket at least 1/4 https://t.co/qQkwPSGztZ
— Renuka Shahane (@renukash) March 26, 2019
To this, Renuka replied: "No disrespect to your Amma, Suchitra, but as women let's try and correct the injustice that our traditions have imposed on wh**es. We castigated wh**es while letting off their customers who are leading 'respectful' lives! Let's not put wh**es and criminals in one bracket at least."
Whores sell what is theirs. Criminals take what is others. Whores are often pushed into their profession due to human trafficking at ages as young as 7. Does any child have the right to say "no" at that age? Whores are pushed into prostitution by people they trust explicitly 2/4 https://t.co/qQkwPSGztZ
— Renuka Shahane (@renukash) March 26, 2019
"Wh**es sell what is theirs. Criminals take what is others," she added.
Renuka said sex workers were often pushed into their profession due to human trafficking at a young age.
"Does any child have the right to say 'no' at that age? Wh**es are pushed into prostitution by people they trust explicitly. Wh**es are abused, raped, tortured, drugged, given hormonal injections at a very early age and then raped relentlessly throughout their professional lives."
Whores are abused, raped, tortured, drugged, given hormonal injections at a very early age & then raped relentlessly throughout their professional lives. Most of what should be their earnings is taken away by pimps & middlemen or middle women! 3/4 https://t.co/qQkwPSGztZ
— Renuka Shahane (@renukash) March 26, 2019
Suchitra concurred with Renuka's point of view.
"Yup, good point Renuka. Agree with you totally," she said, adding that she made the comment in context of her friend Pramod Goenka's alleged abduction.
Whores are'nt respected by any social class in our society. Many criminals hold very respectful positions, some even in our Parliament & Industry. Very often it's because of these whores that our children are safe from sexual predators. They face the brunt of society's evil 🙏🏽4/4 https://t.co/qQkwPSGztZ
— Renuka Shahane (@renukash) March 26, 2019
Yes I have been following that thread & I do think you are incredibly brave for following it up relentlessly 🤗 https://t.co/Vb8uq5BxKo
— Renuka Shahane (@renukash) March 26, 2019
Big hugs @suchitrak Love you too & you know it 🤗🤗 https://t.co/P4k0TJLWPI
— Renuka Shahane (@renukash) March 26, 2019