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REVEALED: Why Shah Rukh Khan does NOT want son Aryan to take off his shirt

Shah Rukh Khan explains why he believes that a man in his house doesn't have the right to go shirtless in front of women...

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In a recent interview given to a women's magazine (Femina) Shah Rukh Khan opens up on the life lessons that he gives his boys. Doting father of two boys, (Aryan and AbRam) and a daughter (Suhana), SRK explains why he believes that though there should be equality between boys and girls, it should not be taken as an excuse to get rid of chivalry. Excerpts:

On why Aryan is not allowed to go shirtless...

I’m bringing up my sons to treat all as equals; as boys, they will have no extra privileges over girls. Sometimes I’m a bit conservative. I believe that a man in his house doesn’t have the right to go shirtless in front of his mother, sister or women friends. I tell Aryan to put on a T-shirt all the time.
...How would Aryan feel if his sister Suhana came out without a T-shirt? If you’d feel uncomfortable seeing your mother, daughter, sister, women friends without their clothes on, why would you expect them to accept you shirtless? It’s got nothing to do with having breasts or not—don’t do something a girl can’t do.

On advocating 'Equality' at all levels...

Equality should not be an excuse to lose your chivalry. I tell Aryan that tu-tadak is unacceptable when he’s addressing a girl. ‘Tu pizza le aa’, ‘tu idhar aa’ is not how you address women. Show some respect. Now it’s reached a point where the other day my little one, AbRam, was horsing around with the nanny and he pulled her hair. Aryan was so incensed, he said, ‘Let him turn five and I will discipline him!’

I tell Aryan and even AbRam never hurt a woman. If you do, I'll nehead you and no, times have not changed. A girl is not your chhadi-buddy; Show some respect.

On him sounding old-fashioned...

I’m very comfortable around women I work with. But I come from a place where opening the door for a girl or pulling a chair out for her are basics. It does not mean she can’t take care of herself, it just means that you, as a man, care for her. I have lost out on a lot of edgy cinema because I refuse to work in films where women are not respected. Adi (director Aditya Chopra) and I always have fights over dialogue where I’m supposed to say to my mother in Punjabi, ‘Tu kya kar rahi hai.’ How can I address my screen mother with ‘tu’—but they forced me to in Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

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