Ratna Pathak's character in 'Lipstick Under My Burkha'?

I don't understand the kind of support her character had. She was a pervert and a creep of the highest order. She tricked a young man into having phone sex with her by posing as a young woman. And she gets justifiably thrashed when she's discovered. Yet we are supposed to feel sorry for her because "she izz a voman".

What are your views on this? Discuss.