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This news here from India is something religious people in Israel might want to consider as well:

Explaining further the reason behind saying no to wearing a bikini, Bharuccha added, “I told my director that I don’t feel comfortable in it. I don’t have body positivity or mental makeup to do this because I have never worn a bikini in my life. So, I don’t know how to be comfortable with it. I don’t know how to be within my skin and feel like this is normal. So I didn’t wear it in part one.”

From denying a bikini to finally embracing it

However, things changed for the better by the time the actress filmed for the sequel Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 in 2015. She started wearing bikinis in real life which kind of gave her the confidence of wearing the outfit on the silver screen. After turning down a bikini in part one, the Chhorii star finally rocked the beachwear in the sequel. Shedding light on the shift from being a ‘no-no’ bikini girl in part one to becoming an ‘oh so hot’ bikini babe in part two, and how she ‘broke’ the myth of being judged in such clothes, the actor quipped, “But from part one to part two, I have actually worn bikinis, gone out to beaches, to holidays, and to swimming. I have put myself in a bikini, no matter what shape I was in my body.”

Adding how wearing a bikini was a ‘big’ thing for her, she concluded, “I have gotten that consciousness and those eyes on me or whatever in my head I think is, I have broken that. Then in part two, I rocked a bikini. I wore it from morning to night. I didn’t even care. I said (to the director) I’m very comfortable, now I don’t care. I did that for me and it was a big thing for me.”

So here, she found the confidence to wear a bikini, and show her skin. Any religious person in Israel, for example, whether ultra-Orthodox or otherwise, who gives women an education that makes them feel they should be ashamed of their bodies has only done something to give liberal feminists a reason to celebrate. And must it be pointed out there's quite a few left-wing feminists who're anti-semitic, as the Women's March turned out to have several years ago? Why Orthodox Judaists, Haredi or otherwise, want to do something sex-negative and anti-Israeli feminists would be proud of is way beyond me.

I wish to congratulate the Indian actress who found the confidence to wear bikinis, and wish her good luck in her entertainment career for years to come. She's offered an important example many women, religious or otherwise, should consider and appreciate.

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