A current tweet by activist Shaniera Akram has despatched Twitter customers on a rampage. The nation was rocked after a girl was assaulted on the Higher Iqbal Park in Lahore on Independence Day by 400 males. Folks have been talking up in solidarity with the lady and calling for defense of different ladies in Pakistan. That is why everybody was fairly confused when Akram tweeted in assist of males.
“My heart goes out to all the good men of Pakistan. I’m sorry so many of your brothers have failed you,” she wrote, perplexingly. The victims of the current spate of violence towards ladies have, very clearly, been ladies so it’s not stunning that persons are confused and offended at this tweet.
Many sarcastically agreed that sure, males are the actual victims of violence towards ladies.
Others corrected her tweet.
One person reminded her that every one males profit from the actions of dangerous males. “The existence of dangerous males grants ‘good’ males or males simply doing the naked minimal awards only for being first rate individuals,” she mentioned.
Different customers made equally useful observations.
Some customers hoped it was sarcasm and to be fully sincere, we’re hoping it is sarcasm too.
Some had been confused about the place these good males she was talking of had been.
Many simply needed her to delete the tweet or have by no means tweeted it in any respect.
Some customers had been simply confused.
Many requested her to learn the room.
“My heart goes out to every woman who still feels they need to centre men in a conversation about violence and rape culture,” mentioned one person.
“Males perpetuate and profit from this on a regular basis. Ladies are being beheaded, raped, maimed, tortured and we’re nonetheless debating over ‘not all males’,” the person famous.
One other person highlighted this for example of getting the chance to fight violence however forgoing it to keep up the established order.
One person had a response for “good men”.
Some individuals believed she was specializing in the mistaken type of trash.
Others believed the male validation wasn’t price it.
Begin policing your fellows, good males, implored one person.
We’re nonetheless hoping this tweet was sarcasm that has been vastly misconstrued as a result of that is the primary time Akram has posted something like this in relation to harassment. If it wasn’t sarcasm, then it is a part of a better downside that enables males who perpetuate acts of violence to be categorised as “the other”, subsequently absolving them of any blame. All males want to talk up, all males want to finish cycles of violence and all males have a duty to name out harassment and misogyny. The time for apologies has handed and what we’d like now could be motion.
