Is marriage a hindrance for women to achieve their dreams? Parineeti Chopra says, “No.It is not marriage but our patriarchal society which suppresses dreams from childhood. Thankfully, I have very cool parents. They did not try to subdue my dreams. They didn’t say you are 18 years old now, it’s time to settle down with marriage and kids. They gave me freedom.
“I believe 9 out of 10 women are suffering from this patriarchal society, and so cannot achieve their dreams. Our patriarchal society only wants to invest their money on boys. I still remember my father took a huge loan for my studies abroad, and people were surprised with that decision. They wondered why my parents were spending lakhs of rupees on my education and not on my brother’s. I don’t understand why our society is so gender-specific because girls are more hard working than boys.