Real feminists don't waste time shouting for their rights: Quratulain Baloch
The singer has clearly disappointed her fans
KARACHI:
The nature of criticism the Aurat March has attracted recently is precisely the reason why such a movement is necessary. Despite the country having it's fair share of women-centric issues such as rape, harassment, honour killing, and slut-shamming, for some reason women marching to highlight them has become a cause of concern for the public.
Suffice to say, women continue to be victimised while their march against atrocity continues to be looked upon as an act of entitlement, rather than a need.
While the men continue their restless bashing of the movement - perhaps due to the fear of their privilege being compromised - what is surprising are the supposedly educated women joining the crusade against feminism.
Such is the case with Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch, popularly known as 'QB,' who became every girl's icon when she first appeared on Coke Studio, among the many men who were already provided that platform. In a recent and heartbreaking tweet, Balouch said, "Real feminist gets down to work and wastes no time shouting for her 'rights'."
Naturally, the uncalled for generalisation in her comment attracted the ire of Twitter.
The statement is clearly coming from a person who was provided the platform to showcase her work. It is coming from someone who worked hard, but failed to understand the reasons why others could not - even if they wanted to. It is coming from a person who was probably 'allowed' to work in the first place, or could fight for her right to work without the threat of being killed in the process. Or maybe even a person who may have not required an 'allowance' in the first place.
In a country where girls are held back from going to school because their parents could 'only afford to send the boys'. In a country where women are killed for not being able to make gol roti or fail to provide a hot meal once in a while. In a country where women are not paid as much as their male colleagues no matter how hard they work.
In a country where women are slammed for doing a job that 'only a man is supposed to do'. In a country where women are harassed in work places, demanded to provide sexual favours in return for promotions. And sometimes, even provided jobs based on their appearance.
In a country where parents would prefer spending millions on their daughter's weddings than save for their higher education - how does one simply belittle them for marching for their rights once in a year and call it, 'wasting time'?
Only QB can tell.
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The nature of criticism the Aurat March has attracted recently is precisely the reason why such a movement is necessary. Despite the country having it's fair share of women-centric issues such as rape, harassment, honour killing, and slut-shamming, for some reason women marching to highlight them has become a cause of concern for the public.
Suffice to say, women continue to be victimised while their march against atrocity continues to be looked upon as an act of entitlement, rather than a need.
While the men continue their restless bashing of the movement - perhaps due to the fear of their privilege being compromised - what is surprising are the supposedly educated women joining the crusade against feminism.
Such is the case with Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch, popularly known as 'QB,' who became every girl's icon when she first appeared on Coke Studio, among the many men who were already provided that platform. In a recent and heartbreaking tweet, Balouch said, "Real feminist gets down to work and wastes no time shouting for her 'rights'."
Naturally, the uncalled for generalisation in her comment attracted the ire of Twitter.
The statement is clearly coming from a person who was provided the platform to showcase her work. It is coming from someone who worked hard, but failed to understand the reasons why others could not - even if they wanted to. It is coming from a person who was probably 'allowed' to work in the first place, or could fight for her right to work without the threat of being killed in the process. Or maybe even a person who may have not required an 'allowance' in the first place.
In a country where girls are held back from going to school because their parents could 'only afford to send the boys'. In a country where women are killed for not being able to make gol roti or fail to provide a hot meal once in a while. In a country where women are not paid as much as their male colleagues no matter how hard they work.
In a country where women are slammed for doing a job that 'only a man is supposed to do'. In a country where women are harassed in work places, demanded to provide sexual favours in return for promotions. And sometimes, even provided jobs based on their appearance.
In a country where parents would prefer spending millions on their daughter's weddings than save for their higher education - how does one simply belittle them for marching for their rights once in a year and call it, 'wasting time'?
Only QB can tell.
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