DMK MP responds why is it that you don’t ask male politicians this question on a sexist question
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A video of DMK MP Kanimozhi slamming a reporter asking a sexist question to her has gone viral. The video clip that went viral is a part of the Kanimozhi interview in an informal setting.
The News18 Tamil Nadu’s reporter Thambi Tamilarasan asked Kanimozhi if she cooks.
Kanimozhi is also the late Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi’s daughter and responding to the sexist question she replied “Why is that you don’t ask male politicians this question?”
The reporter can be seen justifying his question. He said that he is asking such a question just because she is an MP and the deputy leader of DMK MPs in the Lok Sabha. To this justification, Kanimozhi responded “My father was the Chief Minister. Why didn’t you ask him?”
The reported sheepishly smiled. However, she later told him that she knows how to cook.
“Dad loved only the fish curry made by mum. But I have, in the past, cooked for him, and he liked it. But then all fathers like their daughters’ cooking.”
Praising her tweet a user wrote, “Read Periyar, Read Ambedkar. Your whole thought process will change for good. All the chains that were holding you will be gone. Kanimozhi is the best example as she kills the interviewer with a subtle smile for his patriarchal question.”
However, this was not the first time a minister and an actress faced such a sexist question.
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