Sunday, December 11, 2016

"How would you feel if it was your daughter?"

"Brothers, how would you feel if someone abused your mother/ sister/ wife/ daughter?"
Guys.
Guys.
You don't get it. Dearest shuyookh, your intentions are sweet, but you don't get it.
Men DO abuse their mothers, sisters, wives and daughters. They watch their mothers, sisters, wives and daughters be abused.
And they let it happen.
Maybe they don't always approve of it. Maybe they feel bad. Maybe they genuinely think it's terrible.
But they let it happen.
"She's married now, we can't interfere."
"She needs to be more patient, all men get angry sometimes."
"She just needs to stop being stubborn and get used to it."
"Divorce is the most hated thing in the sight of Allah."
"Men will handle their own business, we can't get involved."
And so another generation of sons, brothers, husbands and fathers grow up watching their womenfolk being lashed at with both words and fists. It's normal, after all.
Some will break the cycle, recalling the horror they witnessed; these men, the true qawwam, will block the blows rained down upon their mothers and protect their daughters and show their wives only the greatest respect.
But many will not, because gheerah is no longer about protecting one's womenfolk from harm, but about protecting male ego and so-called honour built upon insecurity.
"Brothers, how would you feel if someone abused your mother/ sister/ wife/ daughter?"
Not enough to make it stop.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

assalamu aleyki, I would like to e-mail u https://twitter.com/AshForSyria/status/809759198900842496

delicatescarlet said...

Powerful masha' Allah

babukhan said...

Obviously its vice-versa