
Written by Ayesha Izhar. (My friend from Pakistan)
They have names for us.
๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
They have names for women who sell their bodies for sex.
๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
But there are no names for the men who have sex with them. Theyโre respectable men who go on with life without facing a dilemma.
They have names for women who get pregnant by having sex without being married and give birth to the child.
๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
They even have names for the child she bears.
๐ต๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง, ๐บโ๐๐๐๐๐ง. ๐ต๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐.
But there are no names for the man that gets her pregnant and leaves her to deal with the society on her own.
They have names for you when you refuse to accept their advances. And they have acid to throw on your face when you refuse to marry them.
๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
They have names when you step out to support your family and names when you work your way up the ladder.
๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
Names for the women that are sex workers.
๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
But there are no names for the men who are their customers. Moulvi, Government employee, random respectable man who thinks itโs his right to get satisfaction in any way he wants.
It is haram to pray a ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐โ๐ janazah.
Because she is a ๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
But the janazah of the men who pay them visits are grand ones, prayed by the best of moulvis who shower them with duas.
When weโre harassed and assaulted on the streets they say it was our fault for existing, and the clothes that we wear to entice men.
๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
But no names for the men who canโt keep their hands to themselves.
They rape little girls, force their families to abandon them, force the society to hate them, encourage men to never marry them then wonder why prostitution is the only livelihood they find.
๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
Itโs like backing an animal in a cage with a gun and then telling everyone the hunted loves being in the shackles.
They have names for you when you speak too loud and speak your mind.
๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
Names when you refuse to be under their control.
๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ก๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ก.
But no names for their filthy hands with which they harass, assault, and choke you to silence for their two seconds of pleasure.
They have disgusting constructs of your virginity being sacred, of you carrying the honour of the entire family so that they can control you, but nothing that controls them or their unbound powers.
โ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒโ
When they want to insult other men they use disgusting words for us.
๐ตโ๐๐๐โ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐. ๐ต๐โ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐ โ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐โ๐. ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐.
Even if they have to insult a man they do so by insulting us first. Because apparently we are the ones that carry the izzat of the men associated with us. And raping us would be an insult to them and not to us.
Ager puray khandaan ki izzat itni hi qeemti hai toh shove it up your asshole.
Kyun k ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
The very language they created hates you. It's in the linguistics.
We have to rise way above it. Rise up to heights where they can't conquer us. Demand them to change their language or we will cut their tongues by their roots.
Because you don't know just how powerful we are.
Written by Ayesha Izhar.
Hence #AuratMarch