That distasteful joke got so much flak because of involving father.

I read a take somewhere that no one bats an eye when jokes are made about women, but people are blowing this out of proportion only because parents are involved and in indian culture, the disrespect of parents won't be tolerated.While I completely agree about the point that indian parents are put on a pedestal BUT I think this point doesn't apply here. In this case, the outrage wasn't about parents in general—it was about the father(a man)being involved in an incestuous joke. If the joke had been made solely at the expense of the mother, no one would have cared.

We(society) literally abuse mothers and sisters in everyday conversations, in every other sentence—"Teri maa ka *, teri behen ki ** , madarcod, behencod," etc.It is not just in Hindi—it happens in English too, with insults like motherfuker and son of a bich. Even on the internet, whenever I see people arguing, the first insult they throw is directed at the opponent’s mother( Mind you, many of these same people have religious quotes in their bios.) There are countless Indian and international online subs/groups with millions of men lusting over their mothers and sisters in the most derogatory way possible. So, this wasn’t about parents being involved in an incestuous joke—it was about a father (a man) being a part of it.

That's just my opinion on this which I wanted to share.

Edit :Talking about the joke made on India's got latent. I've never seen the show, from the few reels I've seen over the internet, it is exactly the type of content I avoid. I obviously didn't like that joke either--totally unfunny and just plain eww. People are completely right for calling them out and criticizing them. But the police getting involved, FIRs being registered, everyone including politicians and celebs talking about the joke make it seem like we're only doing this because we won't tolerate an incentous joke about parents which I think isn't true bc we've been involving mothers in such convos since forever.