Society, 1 min readMunazza ZubairiPakistan

Abrupt

Society, 1 min readMunazza ZubairiPakistan
Abrupt

Because at the end of the day when a woman cries it is not because she is unable to undo the handcuffs.

It’s only because she was brought up in a vicinity where each and every person, and tree, and shade, and pet, and book, and every breath she takes, gave their extra best to mould her up in someone who just doesn't know how to come off the cuffs of liability.

When a woman cries, it's not because people left her out, it's when she watches all those mother figures implausibly supporting the dead dominance of the dominant masculines. When a woman cries, its not because she cant be alone. Its not because she cant function on her own.

It’s only because the ability to do so was brutally seized.

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An Empowered Woman

Later in the evening, she sits on a chair in her kitchen facing the window, looking at the tree swaying just as a bird sits on top of it. It moves and shakes from the core of its roots, as if jolted by an earthquake, but she notices, it's still standing tall, with a bark so strong that no matter how rough the weather is, no matter how many birds sit on it, it will stay where it is. ‘I am this tree’, she tells herself.

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An Empowered Woman
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Abusive Relationships... A Big NO!

When a woman is beaten by her husband or any other family member, at least she has some sympathy of the people around her if no actual support. But when a woman is bashed, bullied, doubted, accused and harassed in her own home, by her own husband, no one tries to understand her condition and no one supports her.

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Divorce

I always see people passing judgment on the lady and holding her responsible for the broken marriage. I can't keep quiet because it literally breaks my heart why everyone thinks that it's only the girl who is at fault and is responsible for not managing the relationship well. And then they compare today's women to those who have been through hell, been exploited and finished in their abusive marriages…

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Divorce
Activism, Society, 4 min readFartashia AsimEmpowerment, Taboos, Pakistan

Empowered Am I Not?

I know so many girls in my country who want to wear jeans but are not allowed to do so because you see “decent girls need to dress a certain way”. Your jeans are too tight, your shirt is too short, lower your dupatta and cover your face, if someone touches you it’s probably because you dressed a certain way.

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Empowered Am I Not?