Twitter lashes out at Mawra Hocane for glorifying public harassment

In a resurfaced video from a morning show, Hocane claimed that she does not mind being catcalled

An old video of Mawra Hocane's appearance on Nida Yasir’s morning show with Kubra Khan and Humayun Saeed has just went viral. The snippet shows Hocane glorifying public harassment and many users are not happy with what the she had to say.

The clip shows Yasir asking Hocane, “Has anyone ever teased you?” in response to which she says, “I think that’s just Lahore’s fun, boys tease you with music roaring from their cars. I think that’s just the feel of Lahori Eid.” She then went on to add, “So we don’t mind. It’s okay, keep looking at us”

We do mind. Please speak for yourself. Our "celebrities" really dont think before saying shit. pic.twitter.com/MSVp5R15vr

— a (@Abbasayy) July 23, 2020

Surprised, Yasir continued to ask her, “So even if someone teases you right now you won’t mind?” But Hocane relentlessly quipped, “Haan, koi baat nahi, tumhari bhi Eid hai (Yes, it doesn’t matter, it’s your Eid too).”

The clip ends with everyone, including Hocane, laughing. Except social media users refuse to find it funny. Many have called out Hocane for “normalising harassment” with her statements while others have expressed refute by contesting that it is her opinion so she should not say “we don’t mind.”

“Keep looking at us? This in a nutshell is why I hated growing up in Lahore. And here she sits glorifying limiting public spaces for women," said one user. Whereas others believed she does not mind because she has never been in a situation where she had to be terrified of such behaviour.

What BS? It’s because of brainlessness of this sort that gets flattered by this stuff is what is deeply problematic on so many levels. “Keep looking at us?” This in a nutshell is why I HATED growing up in Lahore tbh. Here she sits and glorifies limiting public spaces for women

— Hareem Sumbul (@HareemSumbul) July 24, 2020

 

khud to kabhi experience nahi kia due to to obvious difference in class lekin baki larkion ke behalf pr bol ke ke fUn hAi, pakistani celebrities legit deserve the worst

— yoyo ♡︎ bot⁷ (@euphorictete) July 23, 2020

Cause she knows she's not gonna be in a situation where she feels terrified.

— Z a🥇n (@saint1day) July 23, 2020

 

The remaining just simply called her out for glorifying public harassment and catcalling.

lahore ka fun 😍😍😍😍 getting harassed n molested

— 🍸 (@izzalllgood) July 23, 2020

Kya ajeeb maskhray hain. Kitnay aaram se ek cheap harkat ko norm bana rahi hai.

— Umer. (@UmerElyas) July 23, 2020

Matlab kuch b???? Is she saying harassment is fun and there should be no problem if someone does it...??? Aur kis ne ye bta Diya iss ko k Lahore iss wajah se famous h??

— Eman Dar (@EmanAmerDar) July 23, 2020

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