Re: A Pakistani Girl
There needs to be a balance between ‘no it doesn’t happen in Pakistan’ and ‘yes it happens everywhere, to everyone and all that time in Pakistan’ opinions. No general consensus will ever come out of such polarising arguments. While ignorance is dangerous and insensitive, crass, broad brush, aggressive victimisation of an entire society is equally counter productive and regressive, whether the country in question is India, Pakistan or Afghanistan etc. As someone who had formally studied (and thoroughly believes the ideas of) Women’s Movement and Feminism in the West, I can probably write a thesis explaining why such movement totally failed to take off in the developing countries. The blame falls on both sides.
What are your views of these Pakistani students from LUMS and their display of feminism? Maybe it might seem westernised but like the Indian version above it does raise some good points
