Zarnish Khan calls out feminists, clarifies her ‘controversial’ take on early marriages

Actor Zarnish Khan has been receiving backlash for favouring early marriages stance. The 28-year-old actor is of the opinion that her statement was grossly misunderstood and hence, assumptions were made out of context. To neutralise the situation, the Susraal Mera actor took to Instagram to defend her stance on the said topic.

Khan posted a clip to voice her defense, and summarised her words in the caption that said, “Having an opinion is okay, however, imposing it on someone is absurd! Learn to be civil if you wanna co-exist in this twisted world,” with the hashtags #EarlyMarriages and #RecentStatement, for context.

The De Ijazat starlet addressed viewers and questioned their “irresistible urge” to force change mindsets with opposing perspectives. “Why do we have this irresistible urge of making people agree with what we think? Changing their narrative, changing their perspective about life, generally about things. Why?” asked Khan. Pointing out the oblivious mindset for a universal right or wrong to problems to exist, she asserted, “There's no one answer and one solution to any problem anymore, especially in the times we live in."

Moving on to the reason she made the video, she shared, “So, very recently I made a statement in which I said I believe early marriages are good because it's easy for you to adjust. All the feminists are after me, people have a lot of things to say about it." The actor added that it was assumed she meant women should marry early but the actor clarified that her statement was never limited to a certain gender. "I said that it's good if you get married in an early age because it becomes easier for you to settle in — which is true,” clarified Khan.

The Aitebar starlet believes that with age, people are resistant to changes. “Marriage is all about compromises, not from one side, I don't say only for women but also for men. For that you need acceptability and patience that fades away with time. In that regard, I think if it happens early, it's not ridiculous."

However, after clearing the air of misconceptions, she emphasised that she is aware that not everyone will share the same opinion and she is okay with that, and so should others with her opinion. “I also said everyone has a different mindset and by the end of the day, it's a personal choice. Whoever wants to marry whenever is fine, that's it. I'm very civil that way, I feel that if I have a certain opinion about something, it's okay, that's just my opinion, that's just how I feel.”

Socialisation frames our cultural identities and pointing to society’s influence, she reiterated that everyone’s opinions are influenced by their surroundings. “Maybe based on my experience, maybe — I don't know there could be so many possible reasons for that, the way I think, right?” Khan posed a question.

While she is open to accepting opinions different from hers, she hopes the viewers do the same as well. “And the same goes for everyone out there who's going to see this message so it's alright. It's okay for me to have an opinion that I believe in, it works for me. I do not ask you to change yours and cheers on that. I hope we all learn a little something here,” concluded the actor.