Nora Fatehi, who is currently focusing on expanding her international music career, recently addressed the controversy surrounding her past statements on feminism. The actress who was recently in the news for her song ‘Sarke Chunar’ has clarified that her previous comments on feminism have been misinterpreted.
She explained that clips from her previous interview were taken out of context, which led to a distortion of her views.Nora revisited the 2024 interview and said during a conversation with Lilly Singh: “I had a podcast last year where we talked about feminism and then some little clips came out on reels and TikTok, and they were blown out of proportion and people missed the context. What I stand for is that extremism is something I’m completely against.”
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Speaking about her personal experiences, Noura said that she was raised by a single mother and felt the absence of the traditional family structure while growing up. “I know how important it is to have parents, whether it’s a mother and a father, two mothers or two parents, whatever it is, but a nuclear family where you have the presence of the parents, the security, the home, the love, the attention, the discipline. I stand for all of that,” she said.
I’ve also thought about how some narratives about independence don’t always take into account a child’s emotional needs. She added: “I loved being in a two-parent home, because eventually, when you grow up, excess emotional baggage and damage spill over into your adult life, and I would hate for us to live in a world where people don’t care about nuclear families anymore.”Noura stressed the need for compromise, and spoke about balancing independence and shared responsibility.
“I want us to stand up for balance, get our money, make our dreams come true, work hard, create a foundation, but at the same time, let’s create an environment where men are responsible, where men have to step up, and where men have to be accountable. I think we don’t have that environment right now,” she said. She further asked, “We have created this environment where we are very independent and don’t need you.
Why can’t we be independent and strong and still need you? Why can’t you come forward, participate and achieve balance?”
She also added that men need to become allies, and that “they’re not a lot of that right now.”For context, Nora’s previous comments came during an appearance on Ranveer Allahbadia’s YouTube channel in 2024, where her views on feminism sparked online backlash. At the time, she said: “This idea of I don’t need anyone, feminism, I don’t believe in that shit. In fact, I think feminism is destroying our society. The idea of us being completely independent by nature and not having to get married and have children and not have male-female dynamics in the home where the man is the breadwinner and breadwinner and the woman is the nurturer.”
I don’t believe in people who think that’s not true. I think women are the nurturers, yes, they should go to work and have their own lives and be independent but to a point.She also affirmed her belief in traditional roles, saying, “They must also be prepared to take on the role of mother, wife and nanny. Just as a man must be prepared to take on the role of breadwinner, breadwinner, father and husband. We call it an old-school traditional way of thinking. I call it a normal way of thinking. It’s just that feminism is a little frivolous. We are all equal in the more emotional things but in the societal things, we are not equal.”
Feminism is inherently, at a basic level, great. I also stand for women’s rights, and I also want girls to go to school. But when feminism becomes extreme, it becomes dangerous to society.”
