With the Permission of Meesam Muhammad Ali Sir jee sometime I really think to join the mindset of the tribal and feudal societal norms traditionally prevalent in large parts of Pakistan where women are considered almost like animals that can speak, a different species, a commodity and a living thing to be reared and then put to use like cattle. They have to be herded, controlled; they should be allowed to roam about during the day within prescribed limits like free-range chicken in order to do chores delegated to them, and then kept within the barn for the night. If they transgress their boundaries, they can be tortured, killed, incarcerated and ‘put to rest’ by their men, family, tribe or community. Even if they do not cross any boundaries, they can still be bartered for peace between feuding men or presented at a very young age to a much older man for power or financial gains. Women killed in the name of honor, women traded between tribes and families to settle disputes, women buried alive for trying to marry someone of their choice or even for abetting other women in such acts, women flogged or stoned for being considered of easy virtue – all this happens without a wee bit of regret or remorse in some segments of Pakistani society.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:02:43 +0000
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