Make-up blog: Feminism in Pakistan

The word “Feminism” is considered a pseudo-curse term in our society. When a women stands up for her rights, the same rights that the men of our country enjoy is simply labeled a feminist by the people.

Many people argue that feminism is a brainchild of West but if we dig in deep we will recognize that its maybe a brainchild of Islam too. Feminism is a radical notion that treats women like people which is clearly evident in Islamic teachings for example opposing female infanticide, defending women in the inheritance rights, making men own the children that they sired, curtailing polygamy etc.

In our society if a man earns for his family and fulfills all their needs, he is praised and presented as a great example of a good brother, husband, and father to be followed by everyone. On the other hand, if women bears and brings up children well is a job that she is supposed to do. In most cases, every penny spent on her including the child bearing is even counted. It is not a Western term that is exported but in reality it is a weakness that exists in our society which should be dealt seriously.

Furthermore, we usually think that all the injustice with women is solely related to men. In this, we are forgetting the fact that this oppression starts within home and it may not be the male members of the family but instead the women members. In Pakistan in mostly every household the mother favors’ her son over her daughter. A mother holds a position that aids greatly in the internalization of the values in her children she raises. Islam even advised man to find a woman who is a mother for their children instead a wife for themselves.