Ushna Shah food delivery ko feminist issue bana ke phass gayein
Ushna Shah tweeted about an incident regarding food delivery but Twitter went wild and in no time, people were dragging the actress for wrongly attributing a simple exchange to feminism.
Ushna Shah got food delivery and just landed herself in trouble for her comments about it
Basically, the actress talked about how her pizza delivery boy was afraid of a growling dog but the use of some sexist and disrespectful remarks like ‘mard banien aur mardangi paida karien, enabled him to face his fear.
“Marrd banein”, “aap ek chaar saal ki bachi nahee hein”, “mardaangi peida Karein” – some of the sexist & demeaning things I said 2 my 2:30AM Pizza delivery guy 2 convince him 2 bring pizza inside as I held my barking & growling Pitbull back.
— Ushna Shah (@ushnashah) October 13, 2019
She further talked about how it would have been easier for the guy to just walk in and deliver the pizza instead of creating a scene.
…(cont) little did he know if he had somply come in calmly and had I let her go she would have just sniffed him and given him kisses 🤦🏻♀️. #smh #notaguarddog #narcothepitbill
— Ushna Shah (@ushnashah) October 13, 2019
Ushna Shah and her food delivery experience was criticized by the way the actress behaved with her food delivery guy
The actress was severely criticized for her behavior, people highlighted the privileges received by elites and emphasized on the point that delivery boys do not have the option of saying ‘no’ to difficult deliveries.
This is what privilege looks like. Delivery riders gets a salary of Rs6,000-10,000 per month. They do not have the option of saying NO to difficult deliveries because money is deducted form their salaries. All you needed to do was step outside and get it. https://t.co/KIxJoS9cTt
— Jajja (@SumairaJajja) October 14, 2019
Miss Ushna Shah, you are rich and privileged and have enough money to pet a pitbull. We are aware of that. But, a delivery guy who probably is afraid of dogs is not your enemy here. He doesn’t represent the patriarchy. He is a victim of the same system. https://t.co/AbUxuKu5eL
— Safeer Maan (@safeermaan) October 14, 2019
A majority labelled this entire narration of the incident as a very bad way of seeking attention
Ushna Shah is getting ratioed real bad. What did she think? Twitter will appreciate that dumbassery? Or was she so starved for attention that she thought lets create a controversy and get myself cancelled? Proper 🤡
— Waqas (@waqas_x) October 14, 2019
People argued that Ushna Shah made food delivery into a feminist issue when it was all about an extremely privileged person’s rant
Sounds more like elitism rather than feminism
— Syed Humza (@Syed_Humza5) October 14, 2019
A few mentioned that they were expecting her to apologize for this behavior to her delivery guy
I was waiting for an apology in the tweet
— Annie (@AnnieKhan29) October 14, 2019
Others pointed out that being scared of dogs cannot be linked to mardaangi
Im fuckin scared of dogs. Does it mean im not a mard ?
It’s natural every one have the thing which scare them most.— HΛMZΛ MIR (@imhamzamir) October 14, 2019
To clarify her stance, Ushna further shared how she felt and twisted it even further into challenging her delivery guy’s masculinity
She explained how normal requests did not work out and then she finally had to use the mardangi wali argument to win herself the pizza on her table inside the house. Ushna tried to claim that this incident says a lot about society.
To everybody crying about my rant to the pizza guy. I was holding the dog. He refused to come in. The first ten minutes of “mera waada hei kuch nahi Hota”, “meina pakra hua hei issey please guzar jayein” “bahadur baneyin Shahbash” didn’t work. 1/2
— Ushna Shah (@ushnashah) October 14, 2019
2/2 – none of that encouragement worked. But as soon as his masculinity was challenged my pizza was inside. Says more about society then it does me 🤨
— Ushna Shah (@ushnashah) October 14, 2019
People did not buy her arguments and kept on explaining how this behavior unveiled the elitist and inconsiderate side of Ushna Shah
Honestly, not the delivery guy's job to have to deal with pets. Inconsiderate and, frankly, elitist. You should have put the dog away before the guy showed up and had to be humiliated. Hope you tipped handsomely on account of this.
— asad (@sadizid) October 14, 2019
They argued that the actress was trying to rationalize bullying
trying to rationalize bullying
— Rameez shahid (@rameez_18) October 14, 2019
People were NOT convinced at all and were adamant to make the actress realize her mistake, on the contrary, Ushna had more to say.
Ushna then released a more detailed statement in her defence
Ushna started off by mentioning that explanations don’t sell but still she’s trying to explain her take on the whole issue. She gave a detailed description of the situation and talked about how the man card worked when nothing else seemed to work. The actress said that she aimed to create a conversation about masculinity and patriarchy. She mentioned that she was unable to stir a meaningful conversation and the Twitter folks ended up missing the actual point.
— Ushna Shah (@ushnashah) October 14, 2019
Ushna concluded her statement by saying that she has learnt her lessons and a public figure should not accept/highlight their flaws in public
She also mentioned that she often uses her twitter account to question the norms and stereotypes of the society but it usually offends the people who are waiting to be offended or are reading things out of context. She urged those people to unfollow her and for the next time, she asked the twitter warriors to understand the context before angrily spewing out hate.
Extra toppings pic.twitter.com/b4c5C151E6
— Ushna Shah (@ushnashah) October 14, 2019
So, what’s you take on the issue? Is there a link of patriarchy with this incident or can you spot paw prints of elitism? Let us know in the comments below.
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