Why do men deflect blame onto women for their failures?
I learnt of the concept of "iron leg" several years ago. I was flabbergasted when I learnt of what it entailed.
This concept feels very stupid in the context of Telugu Film Industry. You mean to tell me, the actress, who barely has any presence in the film, and is cast to only cater to a particular section of the audience is the true cause for the failure of the film?
I knew of this one guy who was a massive Mahesh Babu fan, he used to spend his entire day on Twitter fighting wars. (Apparently) Since MB's films with Pooja Hegde flopped, he used to comment on posts made by her fan accounts calling her 'panimanishi mokham dana'. (Also don't forget how this reeks of casteism and classism, wtf is panimanishi mokham?)
Another curious case of this phenomenon is the hate Shreyas Iyer's sister has been receiving on her social media platforms, I am a massive cricket fan and have been seeing this drama unfold from day 1. You cannot blame the cricketer's sister for his abysmal performance. Your criticism cannot go beyond 'this video was kinda arrogant' into 'she is so ugly' territory.
The fact that men find it so comfortable to criticize and blame women than take accountability for their own mediocrity is baffling. Maybe, be better and do better?