“Simran’s motive is obvious and it’s disappointing that the host/producers don’t give this sufficient airtime. Simran wanted love and affection, and she got it in the many many phone calls throughout the years. You say Kirat and Simran are in a socially conservative and patriarchal community. Of course anything that whiffs of same-sex romance is taboo, and this was just Simran’s warped way of having a romantic “relationship” with her. I can’t help but wonder if this whole story would’ve been treated differently if Simran was a man. Are we so blinded by heteronormativity to not even consider the possibility that this was done out of a toxic desire for intimacy and love gone terribly wrong?”
Dioecious05 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/15/24