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I  believe it’s one of you; yes #Notallmen but #Oneofyou! Do all men, well most whom I’ve come across not want a pretty, young, virgin girl? Guess what? Zainab met all your demands, and as she couldn’t be acquired rightfully, she was taken away in this sad manner! How do you want your ideal girl to be like? Oh, a very beautiful one, definitely younger and HAS to be an untouched virgin, shall do whatever it takes to get one like that. Bet these were the words of that monster!

Is it the lust that drives you, the lust to get what you want? You forget the right and wrong, you forget what is humanly correct and what is not, you forget what your religion preaches. Before you get triggered, just briefly look at the women in your family, you don’t want them to ever have the same fate as Zainab. Who wrote the fate of Zainab, a man? I bet he is a disgrace to some of you men but is a reflection of most of your thought processes when it comes to the ideal girl. He, too, wanted a young beautiful virgin and took Zainab away from us.

Do you too share a similar ideal, please ponder over it, let us hope not, Ameen!

Most women reading this, please do not fall for the pressures of the society. Do not set standards when it comes to choosing a woman when it comes to your son, brother etc. Do not raise them in a manner where they share a mentality of demands similar to that monster. Trust me, we have a great impact on men, as mothers, as sisters, as wives, as daughters.

Please, let that be positive. Let us make them the men we’d love, the men who don’t forget what’s right and what’s wrong, who don’t fall prey to the vicious games their minds play and who protect women, not just the ones in their family but all the daughters of Eve. Let us stand together for every Zainab, please! And to men, #TimesUp!

Here, I quote Zainab Farid:

Ro mat, mard ban.

Rob jama, qabu mei laa,

mard ban.

Bachi phasa, ungli par nacha,

mard ban.

Nahi.

Ansu na chupa, zadpazeeri mei bahaduri hai.

mard ban.

Shafqat se pesh aa, reham dili teri salah hai,

mard ban.

Apni munafqat par ghaur kar, khud azaad phir keh ghar pinjra na bana,

mard ban.

Warna aaj Zainab, kal teri beti behn ya maa.

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