Every year 8th March is celebrated as the International Women Day, honoring the role of women in the society. For centuries, females were considered as the weaker gender and they had been subjected to patriarchal norms set by the male members of human society. Males arrogated their rights and treated them as a non-living object since the archaic era.
Fourteen centuries ago, Islam gave rights to women and apprised them of their role in an Islamic society and bolstering their individuality by the bulwark of rights of a mother, sister, wife, daughter or even as an individual of the society, but unfortunately, after the Holy Prophet and the pious Caliphate, the golden rules were abandoned and the Muslim started wobbling aberrantly between Arab and several other non-Arab cultures, terming it as the Islamic culture. Women were once again deprived of their rights by different despots.
Albeit many would disagree with the mentioned argument by citing bromides of the love and respect of a son towards his mother, but a woman is not only a mother in the society. The overall condition of female was miserable. In the twentieth century, liberalism and socialism emerged as two new social and political systems. Women fought their way through these systems. Liberalism survived the conflict between these two socio-political systems. It gave liberty and rights to different weaker sections of the society including women. From suffrage to getting maternal leaves, women have achieved a lot owing to their assiduous struggle. This is not the destination, still a long journey is required for a society having not only equal rather a just status for both the members of the society. In our society, women are still subjected to gender discrimination, domestic violence, marital rapes and many other problems.
Aurat March, as a controversy not as an event, is an epitome of the intellectual confusion in the country. This march was supposed to be about women marching to get rights, to be heard, and to be acknowledged. Instead, it became a men-hating rally as many women marched with posters with explicit remarks in response to cyber harassment and nasty comments about social norms. These were as inappropriate as the harassment itself. Moreover, they also criticized the family structure of the society. It has exposed the weak misogynistic personalities and also the intellectual acumen of organizers. Every year, instead of expanding its foot-print, organizers are more focused on creating controversies by using controversial slogans, censuring religious teachings, criticizing the institution of marriage and attacking male as a group rather than targeting only the tyrants.
Once a philosophy has inverted upon itself, it becomes corrupt. Just like the old communist societies of the 20th century, once they set out to provide perfect equality for everybody, they achieved the exact opposite. Similar is the case of modern feminism. What was once progressive has become regressive. They have become so busy policing people’s thoughts and opinions that they lose track of what actually matters, generating a more abstruse social stigma of misandry. The only thing which matters is an inclusive society with men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.
Fourteen centuries ago, Islam gave rights to women and apprised them of their role in an Islamic society and bolstering their individuality by the bulwark of rights of a mother, sister, wife, daughter or even as an individual of the society, but unfortunately, after the Holy Prophet and the pious Caliphate, the golden rules were abandoned and the Muslim started wobbling aberrantly between Arab and several other non-Arab cultures, terming it as the Islamic culture. Women were once again deprived of their rights by different despots.
Albeit many would disagree with the mentioned argument by citing bromides of the love and respect of a son towards his mother, but a woman is not only a mother in the society. The overall condition of female was miserable. In the twentieth century, liberalism and socialism emerged as two new social and political systems. Women fought their way through these systems. Liberalism survived the conflict between these two socio-political systems. It gave liberty and rights to different weaker sections of the society including women. From suffrage to getting maternal leaves, women have achieved a lot owing to their assiduous struggle. This is not the destination, still a long journey is required for a society having not only equal rather a just status for both the members of the society. In our society, women are still subjected to gender discrimination, domestic violence, marital rapes and many other problems.
Aurat March, as a controversy not as an event, is an epitome of the intellectual confusion in the country. This march was supposed to be about women marching to get rights, to be heard, and to be acknowledged. Instead, it became a men-hating rally as many women marched with posters with explicit remarks in response to cyber harassment and nasty comments about social norms. These were as inappropriate as the harassment itself. Moreover, they also criticized the family structure of the society. It has exposed the weak misogynistic personalities and also the intellectual acumen of organizers. Every year, instead of expanding its foot-print, organizers are more focused on creating controversies by using controversial slogans, censuring religious teachings, criticizing the institution of marriage and attacking male as a group rather than targeting only the tyrants.
Mona Charen, the famous columnist and author, mentioned in one of her articles, "Feminists are forever discovering subtle new forms of sexism and then beating men around the head and shoulders with it. It is left to the rest of us to suffer the inevitable backlash this provokes among men." A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human. And both man and woman are made for each other. Unfortunately, the so called fourth wave of feminism is creating a rift in the society because many men have stood with women in their fight for equal rights, but the modern feminist rhetoric does not ascribe to it. Priyanka Chopra, a staunch feminist, once said, before her marriage, that she only need a man to have kids. Although it is not the case when she is married, but think of a man, whether successful or not, saying the same , and then imagine the aftermath. Amber Heard and Johnny Depp case is yet another example of a woman abusing her gender in creating an air and environment of sympathy for her. Recent audios cleared that she charged Depp but it was he who lost all his contracts amid charges of violence . Camilla Paglia, a famous American critic, rightfully pointed this flaw in modern feminist theory,
"Men have sacrificed and crippled themselves physically and emotionally to feed, house, and protect women and children. None of their pain or achievement is registered in feminist rhetoric, which portrays men as oppressive and callous exploiters.”
So we need to stop this. For centuries, women were marginalized. The main stereotypes were that women were overly concerned with their feelings. Yet, this is the same cliched behavior that feminists have fallen back into. Like many philosophies taken to their political extreme, feminism has come to contradict many of the very premises on which philosophical feminism was built upon. Feminists, in the name of fighting shame and oppression, shame and oppress views that contradict their own.
So we need to stop this. For centuries, women were marginalized. The main stereotypes were that women were overly concerned with their feelings. Yet, this is the same cliched behavior that feminists have fallen back into. Like many philosophies taken to their political extreme, feminism has come to contradict many of the very premises on which philosophical feminism was built upon. Feminists, in the name of fighting shame and oppression, shame and oppress views that contradict their own.
Once a philosophy has inverted upon itself, it becomes corrupt. Just like the old communist societies of the 20th century, once they set out to provide perfect equality for everybody, they achieved the exact opposite. Similar is the case of modern feminism. What was once progressive has become regressive. They have become so busy policing people’s thoughts and opinions that they lose track of what actually matters, generating a more abstruse social stigma of misandry. The only thing which matters is an inclusive society with men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.