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    Home / News / Entertainment News / Aishwarya trolled for 'malnourished,' 'poorly dressed' daughter. Can we stop?
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    Aishwarya trolled for 'malnourished,' 'poorly dressed' daughter. Can we stop?

    Aishwarya trolled for 'malnourished,' 'poorly dressed' daughter. Can we stop?
    Written by Siddhant Pandey
    May 02, 2019, 08:11 pm 4 min read
    Aishwarya trolled for 'malnourished,' 'poorly dressed' daughter. Can we stop?

    Recently, a photo of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan surfaced on social media. In it, the 45-year-old actor was seen holding her daughter Aaradhya close to her as she walked past the paparazzi. She was heavily trolled for being overprotective of her daughter, as people pointed out that she should let go of her daughter's hand. Here's what is wrong with it.

    Trolls attacked Aishwarya for coddling her child among other things

    Several trolls asked why Aishwarya wouldn't let her daughter walk freely and whether Aaradhya was blind. "Omg Taimur walks alone. He (sic) more independent as a child," read one comment. "Aish needs to cut the umbilical cord. The girl is in her 8th year ffs," stated another. A few comments even questioned Aishwarya's fashion and dietary choices for her "malnourished" daughter.

    Aishwarya was spotted with her daughter at a family dinner

    #aishwaryabachchan #aradhyabachchan with family for dinner @viralbhayani

    A post shared by viralbhayani on Apr 29, 2019 at 10:05am PDT

    Who are we to comment on a mother-daughter relationship?

    Do we personally know Aishwarya or her daughter or their relationship? Do we know if Aaradhya doesn't want to stay close to her mother as she passes a crowd full of strangers with cameras? Do we really need to comment on a child's weight and clothing? Who are we to police a mother when we have no role to play in her child's upbringing?

    It's called mom-shaming and it happens everyday, everywhere

    Remember when people asked Kareena Kapoor Khan why she was gymming instead of looking after her son Taimur? That's mom-shaming. It was also what happened to Malaika Arora Khan when people told her that her clothes don't "suit a mom." And it's what happened to Lisa Haydon as well who was shamed for being 'undignified' and 'spoiling the soul of motherhood' for breastfeeding.

    Haydon was trolled for her World Breastfeeding Week post

    I've gotten loads of posts asking about life after having my son... esp to do with weight and fitness. Seeing as it's World Breastfeeding Week- time to give some credit where credit is due. Breastfeeding has played such a big part in getting back into shape after giving birth to my baby. Breastfeeding has been challenging+time consuming (literally hours spent everyday trying to stimulate milk supply) but it's such a beautiful way to bond and connect with your child plus all the nutritional benefits that your child gets from your milk. Look out for my blog post on mycityforkids.com on breastfeeding. Happy #worldbreastfeedingweek

    A post shared by lisahaydon on Aug 7, 2017 at 4:28am PDT

    Padma Lakshmi shamed for wearing a bikini in kids' company

    Lessons #littlehands #mommyandus

    A post shared by padmalakshmi on Jul 5, 2017 at 7:26am PDT

    Mom-shaming has been a thing since the dawn of patriarchy

    Mom-shaming is rooted in the expectation from mothers to excel at being the "nurturer" and is often done by family, friends, neighbors, etc. It usually involves unsolicited advice or casual condescension, making the mother feel inadequate in some way. The weird bit is, it doesn't necessarily have to make sense. Moms can be shamed for doing something and then again for not doing it.

    Some examples of mom-shaming and its uncertain nature

    Disciplining their child too much, or disciplining them too little. Feeding kids unhealthy outside food, or spoiling them with junk, or torturing them with boring home-cooked meals. Hiring a nanny, or being an unambitious stay-at-home mom, or "forcing" your husband to be a stay-at-home dad.

    Why are these questions never asked of fathers?

    Another weird bit about mom-shaming is that it could just as easily apply to dads, but it just doesn't. It's disproportionately targeted at women. Nobody is asking Saif Ali Khan why he's at the gym. Nobody's asking Arbaaz Khan why he's topless on the Internet and elsewhere. Nobody asks Abhishek Bachchan why his daughter is "malnourished" and tells him she needs to "dress better".

    Mom-shaming is how we understand motherhood and that's wrong

    Moms are shamed to fit into society's ideals. They're constantly boxed and are expected to be these mythical, selfless creatures who don't think for themselves, don't eat, sleep, have sex, etc. And then people glorify a mother's suffering as if to signify her unconditional love. Any absence of said suffering and she's perceived as a mother who fails to love her child. A monster.

    It's a cycle perpetuated through our patriarchal society

    Mom-shaming is a cycle and it feasts on a woman's insecurities. It's this constant shaming that forces mothers to keep pushing themselves to do better, until motherhood is all that remains of her life, so that one day, when her individuality is entirely stripped from her, when it all seems acceptable in hindsight, she could do it to another woman.

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