This is Hashir Pervez
He’s an average Pakistani tweeter. He tweets memes, jokes, rants and everything under the sun.
Pic 1 : Checking her out, when she is not looking.
Pic 2 : when she looks back. pic.twitter.com/yyFW6JA1Aa
— M Hashir Pervaiz (@hashir_pervaiz) February 5, 2017
Hashir recently posted a gem of a tweet
saw two girls wearing sleeveless dress and their belly were exposed, emporium today.
no doubt we by ourselves attract sexual harassment.— M Hashir Pervaiz (@hashir_pervaiz) February 28, 2017
Now I don’t know what to make of it. So let’s dissect this Tweet before we get on to reactions.
Subject: Two Girls
Action: Wearing Sleeveless
Noun: Ass
Verb: Sexual Harassment
i ll condemn what ever is wrong. either men raping a woman, or a woman who is doing wrong.
i have this right to express.— M Hashir Pervaiz (@hashir_pervaiz) March 1, 2017
Men and women from desi Twitter lost it just a little bit.
Like this guy saying what went through most people’s minds
This guy is basically saying women attach sexual predators to themselves because they wear clothes. Rapist mentality. https://t.co/kQiCq2Ilvk
— h r (@aerrozeppelin) March 1, 2017
I won’t go so far and call it a rapist mentality, but it’s sad that men in our society are normalizing eve teasing and telling other men that it’s okay to stare at a girl or go beyond that just because her skin is showing.
And this girl came with a counter-situation with men who were being “predatory”
saw two men wearing shorts and their legs were exposed, Centaurus today.
no doubt we by ourselves attract earthquakes. https://t.co/GjmkqIvsMu— haleema (@haleemaaabbasi) March 1, 2017
And then realized what the real cause behind natural calamities was
now don't you say that yesterday's earthquake didn't happen because of these two boys roaming around and spreading fahashi in our city
— haleema (@haleemaaabbasi) March 1, 2017
This girl tried proving the point that men will stare at you regardless of how you’re dressed
@hashir_pervaiz pic.twitter.com/s60aPICU9Q
— رافعہ (@rafiasays) March 1, 2017
It’s time we stop judging other people by what they’re wearing and start acknowledging what they’re doing in their lives. Because, honestly, if we start shaming each other, we’re just going to go down as a country. And it’s sad that we’re still finding it difficult to break out of that shell.
This gentleman stepped in and questioned the whole premise of the tweet altogether
@hashir_pervaiz @MashriqiTameez how are they attracting sexual harrasment if I may ask ?
— Bahraini Gooner (@MohAhmedGill) February 28, 2017
While Hashir himself tried clearing up what he said before, it only made matters worse
i ll condemn what ever is wrong. either men raping a woman, or a woman who is doing wrong.
i have this right to express.— M Hashir Pervaiz (@hashir_pervaiz) March 1, 2017
Because as far as I understand, there is a comparison being drawn between men raping women and women dressing up ‘immodestly’, which is just not on.
There is absolutely no harm in expressing yourselves, but when it comes to telling other people that what they believe in, or what they do is wrong, that’s where to draw the line.
Disclaimer: This was not a feminist rant and it’s not a Hashir hating rant, either. If a woman says something like this about a man, it’s just as bad. So dear people, please don’t go postal, kthenksbye.