Woman, Freedom, Work and the Women’s March
A Column about the Women March (Aurat March) (عورت مارچ) for the women rights. A column of Dr. Jassar Aftab about March of Women in Pakistan and rights of Women
عورت، آزادی، کام اور مارچ۔ مضامینِ نو (ڈاکٹر محمد جاسر آفتاب)
مضامینِ نو : ویلنٹائن ڈے، زرعی یونیورسٹی اور سسٹرز ڈے
Freedom and Human Society
No one is free, whether male or female. Wherever there is a human being, there will be imprisonment. Some are prisoners of ideas, some are prisoners of traditions, some are prisoners of relationships, some are prisoners of society, some are prisoners of thought and some are prisoners of law. Yes, there is freedom, but there is no limit set for animals, for whom neither any law nor any limit is set.
Social animals or social animals speak to humans. That is, the word social distinguishes humans from animals. This word social is not just the name of a few relationships, but the name of a system. This is the word that, when applied to a living being, imprisons it; someone or someone, in some way or another and to some extent.
Society, Relationships and Responsibility
Wherever there is a human being, there will be relationships, where there are relationships, there will be relationships, where there are relationships, there will be interdependence. This is what makes up this society. Where you live, in what do you live and with whom do you live. No matter how free you are, you are still a prisoner. The prison of these norms that teach you how to live. It is only the prison of these values that distinguishes a human from an animal.
Regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, when a human being comes out of the womb, he is a prisoner of these norms. He speaks only what society wants, eats only what society feeds him, learns only what society teaches him. He is not even able to protect his body. Society itself molds this piece of meat into the body and then this body remains a prisoner of this society and its norms until death. Not only until death, but even after death, what society and its values want happens to this body.
Regardless of whether a man or a woman, a human being is a prisoner and history is a witness that whenever a human being tries to free himself from this prison, he is faced with a condition called animalism.
Work, Responsibility and the Natural Division of Labor
This eating, this earning, the debate is not about whose work it is, but the debate is that work is important and a responsibility. This is not a debate about who is first and who is not first, nor is it a debate about what is inferior and what is superior. Each has its own importance, its own responsibility and its own role. Yes, but there is a natural division of work.
Take the example of the body; heart, stomach, kidneys, lungs; all have their own work. But it cannot be said that the lungs are more important and the kidneys are less important. Each organ has its own place and role in running the system. This is called the Natural Division of Labor, meaning that each organ is doing its own work naturally. If any of these organs stops working, the system as a whole will be affected. Similarly, if the work of the lungs is taken from the heart or the kidneys are assigned to the functions of the digestive system, there will also be destruction.
Here too, everyone’s work is important. In this system too, everyone is important and everyone is fundamental. But here too, there is a Natural Division of Labor. In this division, some work is naturally suitable for men and some for women. Neither earning is unimportant nor running a house. As important as it is to bring food to children, it is equally important to feed them. As important as earning is and more important than that, it is to train and raise children. It is not a matter of equality but of importance, of responsibility, of mutual cooperation and agreement. If you consider one aspect unimportant in any place, then you have to suffer.
Nature and Human Roles
A woman can do everything, but in extraordinary circumstances and so can a man. Yes, in normal circumstances, every human being will work according to his natural chemistry and physics. He will do what nature has deemed appropriate for him and for which nature has created him. Yes, there is a rule of the universe, whenever you go against nature, the result will be disaster.
Apparently, there are two legs and two arms, both have different functions, but overall, both have their own place of importance for the body. How would it be appropriate to assign the legs to the work of the arms and the arms to the work of the legs.
Women’s March and Women’s Rights
This Women’s March and its women are, in fact, a conspiracy against women’s rights. This is a conspiracy against a society where women have a fundamental importance and an important place. Dowry, forced marriage, injustice in the distribution of property, domestic violence, deprivation of education, honor killings are wrong; but when unnatural desires, anti-social demands, and rebellious ideas are found in the voices against these abuses, they make them controversial and also affect the pro-feminist movements. This Women’s March and its women, their banners, and their slogans, perhaps even women today are ashamed because of these women.
)عورت، آزادی، کام اور مارچ۔ مضامینِ نو (ڈاکٹر محمد جاسر آفتاب
