Comment on 'Fake news' of Pakistan rape ignites real protest movement
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoHonestly, while I don’t mean to suggest that there isn’t a problem with misogyny in Pakistan, most western places aren’t fantastic on this either unfortunately. I’m sure its more rare here because the public opinion of sexual assault is obviously negative but you should hear the way men speak here too. They just do it more privately, amongst people they already know think like them or online. Every woman I am close with has been sexually assaulted at least once and I know of more than a few who have been raped. It’s fucking awful. I’ve had to cut many men, who I thought were kind people, out of my life because of the things I learned about them from women.
I don’t say this as a way to suggest that its in our nature to be this awful to each other. I’m hoping to suggest that, while Pakistan has a lot of growing to do in regards to women’s rights, it is not as far behind as you might be led to believe. What you are witnessing right now could be the start of the women’s liberatory movment that permenantly changes your country. Perhaps you should consider joining that struggle. The world can sometimes change for faster than we expect once we choose to be a part of it.
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I understand why you would feel that way. But I have lived in Qatar and Pakistan. My girlfriend travels for her tournaments. Qatar is a very immigrant reliant could try and all my friends are from different countries.
My girlfriend can wear a skirt in Canada and noone blinks an eye. She can leave my house in an uber at night in qatar and I know she’s safe. There is a VERY clear and massive difference across cultures. The feeling of safety is different everywhere, the public conscience is different.
Also Pakistan is massive and has many cultures within. The northern part of Pakistan might be amongst the worst places in the world for women. It’s the afghan bordering area and the Taliban is big there. If I told you stories from there you wouldn’t believe me.
The thing is that the stories across the world are very similar, but the culture people can’t understand without actually living there. Qatar is sooooo much safer despite people assuming or lumping it as similar to Pakistan or even Saudi Arabia. From all accounts the worst places for women are third world Muslim countries. Not that women are safe beyond that, just much freer and comparatively safer.