Aparna Sen Says Women’s Chastity Still Questioned In Age Of DNA Tests
by The Daily Eye Team August 6 2015, 4:28 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 32 secsNational Award winning filmmaker Aparna Sen on Tuesday said women were still subjected to questions on chastity in an era when scientific progress has provided tools like DNA tests to settle paternity issues. “Women are seen as child bearers. Now there are DNA tests, human genome is known, there are microchips but why are we still in that same position? “Our thinking process has not evolved with the times,” Sen said during a panel discussion centred around women’s empowerment, the theme of filmmaker Raja Dasgupta’s directorial debut “Choukath: The Threshold”.