Women like Sai Pallavi are only palatable to the nation when they are known for their beauty, grace, and commercial performances. As soon as the actress asserts her personality beyond her art, as a conscious citizen with political opinions, the larger section of her audience resorts to online harassment to silence her.
The Second Wave of feminism is usually demarcated from the 1960s to the late 1980s. It was a reaction to women returning to their roles as housewives and mothers after the Second World War.