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| India uproar over Salman Khan 'raped woman' comment | India uproar over Salman Khan 'raped woman' comment |
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| Bollywood star Salman Khan has been given a week to apologise after he told reporters his filming schedule was so gruelling he felt like a "raped woman". | Bollywood star Salman Khan has been given a week to apologise after he told reporters his filming schedule was so gruelling he felt like a "raped woman". |
| If he does not say sorry, the National Commission for Women (NCW) said he would be issued with a summons. | |
| Khan immediately realised his gaffe and retracted the remark, but his comments were widely carried in the media. | |
| Outraged Twitter users have criticised him, and the hashtag #InsensitiveSalman was trending on Tuesday. | |
| A counter campaign is trending #SalmanMisquoted. | |
| The brutal gang rape and murder of a student in the Indian capital Delhi in 2012 led to protests and new anti-rape laws in the country. | |
| However, sexual attacks against women and children continue to be reported. | However, sexual attacks against women and children continue to be reported. |
| Khan is playing a boxer in his next film Sultan. | Khan is playing a boxer in his next film Sultan. |
| The actor's full quote, according to audio recordings released by the media, was: "When I used to walk out of that ring, it used to be actually like a raped woman walking out." | |
| As journalists start laughing, he says, "I don't think I should have" and tries to explain that he found it hard to walk. | As journalists start laughing, he says, "I don't think I should have" and tries to explain that he found it hard to walk. |
| But many Twitter users pointed out that regardless of his hasty retraction, he should never have made the comparison in the first place. | But many Twitter users pointed out that regardless of his hasty retraction, he should never have made the comparison in the first place. |
| But legions of the fan's supporters banded together to trend the competing hashtag #SalmanMisquoted which soon overtook the original trend. | But legions of the fan's supporters banded together to trend the competing hashtag #SalmanMisquoted which soon overtook the original trend. |