YUP! So TRUE! See, we have the** REAL ISLAM** which prohibits premarital sex and dating for BOTH genders. In fact, the Prophet SAWS even advised that parents treat their children fairly or they risk their children resenting them. And then we have the DESI VERSION OF ISLAM. In the DESI VERSION..…parents may not be too thrilled about their sons staying out late or talking to non-mehram girls…but they are much stricter about these issues with their daughters.
Some parents brush their sons’ ways off with the view that **“Boys will be boys.” ** And they’re more protective of their girls because their reputations are more fragile and…of course…they uphold the view that no desi guy would marry a girl who dared to have a “past” or who is not virgin/pure (although there’s no consistent foolproof way to prove this).
Believe it or not…I once told this aunti that both boys and girls are supposed to pray namaz. And she said that her son didn’t have to pray because he’s a boy. Silly isn’t it? But then again…there was a disparity in her views about how sons and daughters should be treated. When parents uphold such views…they later complain that their sons have “bad habits” or have become “awaara”. It’s easy to complain about your children…but it requires courage for parents to point their own fingers at THEMSELVES and question their parenting over the years 