Why Do Only Men Get Offended By ‘Mrs’? The Surprising Reason Behind The Backlash

The Bollywood movie Mrs starring Sanya Malhotra is about the life of most Indian housewives. It has given rise to a discussion about patriarchy which has not been well accepted by some men. The film displayed the unappreciated domestic chores women do daily and it is being loved by the audience for its natural and realistic portrayal of women’s battles within their own homes.

Some men are calling the film “propaganda” and that it is spreading “toxic feminism”

The offended men took to the social media platform, X and shared that the film is targeting the traditional family structure that has been followed for ages and that if our mothers and grandmothers had followed the same principle, families would have fallen apart. They mentioned that the film is a societal threat that simply underlines women’s exhaustion and the imbalance in household responsibilities.

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These men are trying to prove a point by comparing their work to a housewife’s. They claim that they also work long hours at their jobs and never complain, but women are now making an issue over something as ‘simple’ as cooking and cleaning. They clearly fail to understand that while their work ends after office hours, a housewife’s work never really concludes. The emotional stress of running a household, and the physical exhaustion of taking care of everyone in the family and the entire household requires immense strength and willpower.

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It is men who seem to be the most offended by this film

Following the release of the film, women are sharing their experiences across social media, posting about how they have witnessed their mothers and grandmothers tirelessly work without any appreciation. Yet, men are getting offended calling out the film for portraying toxic feminism.

Films like Mrs and The Great Indian Kitchen are necessary as they showcase the issues that are so normalized in a society that people refuse to accept them as problems. The movie hit the right place, and that’s the reason it is making so many men defensive.

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Take a look at how the men reacted to the film

The movie Mrs. feels like pure propaganda. Can anyone here name a real-life couple like the one shown in the film? If your feminism is still flaring, I suggest sitting down with your mom and watching the movie together. You’ll understand the point I’m trying to make. pic.twitter.com/7zBpy3bBUU

— Aryan Sandhya Anand आर्यन آریان (@AryanPatelIND) February 15, 2025

Somebody is playing the big #feminism game silently. pic.twitter.com/LNEBeLBmr6

— ShoneeKapoor (@ShoneeKapoor) February 13, 2025

If she really punches the wall and it breaks her hand, she will file a domestic violence case on the wall. https://t.co/SJzoC137Y6

— Ambar (@Ambar_SIFF_MRA) February 14, 2025

Men are brave pic.twitter.com/iydkwqK5lC

— ︎ ︎venom (@venom1s) February 14, 2025

This propaganda movies are being made for some other reasons. Best advice to Hindu men is don’t get married. Pen ch 0 yesterday’s judgement husband is responsible for wife’s debt? Men are no Atm machines

— S (@krazyxuser) February 13, 2025

Men calling ‘Mrs’ a propaganda film should become househusbands and take up cooking, cleaning and managing everything and prove how easy it is without any help, gratitude, or respect. And how it’s not a big deal when your ambitions are stifled, and you’re berated every day https://t.co/FZ6U8b2e3A

— Oishani Bhattacharya (@OishaniB_) February 17, 2025

Men work 8-9 hours at construction sites, railway stations, airports, factories, courts, police stations, restaurants, country’s borders and

a happy young woman cooking food, doing dishes and pressing cloths of her father-in-law is oppression for her.#BoycottSanyaMalhotra pic.twitter.com/ygKILF4nxK

— SIFF – Save Indian Family Foundation (@realsiff) February 12, 2025

mrs propoganda movie pic.twitter.com/zmfRmIeQMW

— कृष्णा (@iiamkrshn) February 15, 2025

#Mrs is a movie that shows that a Beti can never be a Beta.
It showcases that today’s women are incapable of fulfilling their duties, responsibilities & doing exhausting hardwork (including multitasking) for own family, as men do.

Feminists have been lying that Women are equal… pic.twitter.com/HDpIwWB1HJ

— (@Try2StopME) February 14, 2025

Girls who like this feminist propaganda movie are huge red flags.

Such girls shouldn’t get married at all.

If you hate being a housewife, get a job and start paying 50-50.

Or marry an unemployed man. pic.twitter.com/EXAa3QPEiC

— ︎ ︎venom (@venom1s) February 12, 2025

Unhinged women have low IQ.

These female labourers will hate the behavior of Richa, Sanya Malhotra character, in the feminist propaganda movie Mrs.

They will say,”bahut charbi chad gayi hai usko. Ghar ke kaam mey kya mehnat? Woh bhi mixer grinder Hai. Gas stove hai. Fridge… pic.twitter.com/W5njkpFaFs

— SIFF – Save Indian Family Foundation (@realsiff) February 15, 2025

What are your thoughts about the film? Have you watched it yet? Let us know in the comments.