Netiznes demand to boycott Bigg Boss 14 for alleged objectification of women

Big Boss is one of the most popular television reality show always known for controversies and creating buzz and the 14th Season of the show is no different. The usual theme always includes the fight amongst the contestants or big bag argument over tasks given inside the house.

In this season, on Wednesday Big Boss assigned a task to all female contestants of the show, in which they had to attract and seduce winner of Big Boss 13, Sidharth Shukla, if they want to save themselves from nomination.

The task has three rounds and in the first round, Bigg Boss had asked the actor to play a tattoo artist. According to the task, the girls had to come as his customers, talk to him seductively and impress him to be safe. Now in the upcoming episode, as shown in the promo, Sidharth gets on a bike and girls have to clean it. In order to do the same, they put water and dirt on themselves too.

However, the promos shared on the official social media accounts of the channel as well as on the fan clubs have received major backlash and many people criticizing it as female objectifying and it promotes vulgarity.

It features Nikki Tamboli, Pavitra Punia, Jasmin Bhasin and Rubina Dilaik wooing Sidharth. Soon, the promo clip went viral and netizens slammed the makers and demanded a ban on the show. In fact, the show was shifted from a prime time slot (9 pm) to a later time slot (10:30 pm) because its controversial nature. However, it is still being viewed as a family show.

People are venting out their anger by commenting on social media platforms against the show, mostly stating that its inappropriate and not suitable content to consume.