Mumbai: Actor Priyanka Chopra’s journey has been an inspiration for thousands and thousands of individuals throughout the globe. From profitable the coveted title of Miss World on the age of 18 to placing India on the worldwide map along with her appearing expertise like no different, Priyanka is undoubtedly one identify that’s synonymous with energy and success.
Her journey to success has not been a mattress of roses. Like others, she additionally handled a number of hurdles — whether or not it was dealing with racism overseas or being ‘cornered’ in Bollywood. However, she took all of it in her stride and shone even brighter. She is now all set to headline the Russo Brothers’ worldwide sequence ‘Citadel’. With ‘Citadel’, Priyanka has achieved pay parity for the primary time in her profession of twenty-two years.Â
Speaking to ANI, Priyanka mirrored on the problem of pay parity between women and men. She additionally mentioned how the insecurity of males performs a task in pay inequality.
“I have some incredible men in my life who are not insecure of my success but I also have men in my life who are very insecure of my success..So I think that men have enjoyed the freedom and the pride of being the bread winners or the leaders of the family..it`s threatening to their territory when a woman does that or if a woman is more successful or a man is staying at home and woman is going out to work..”
Priyanka emphasised on elevating sons sans gender-based stereotypes. “They (men) will feel bad but we have to teach our sons that there is no shame in crying..there is no shame in shedding tears…there is no shame in giving spotlight to your mothers, sisters, girlfriends,” she mentioned.
The world queen additionally recalled how her father all the time supported her mom and by no means felt insecure about her success. “My dad did it to my mother…She was getting into private practices and he was still in military..My mom started earning more than my father but they saw it as a unit because ‘ghar pe hi toh aa raha hai’.. there was no ego,” Priyanka beamed with pleasure.
Priyanka gave a shout out to her husband and singer Nick Jonas as nicely.
“Now at the moment when I’m strolling the crimson carpet with my husband and he steps apart and provides me centre stage I really feel proud.
“I feel very proud that I have surrounded myself with people (my father, my husband, my friends and my in-laws) who do not have that insecurity. We as a society need to raise those kind of men who do not feel insecure about such things…sabko successful hone do,” Priyanka concluded.
