I know these 4 words make so may people’s blood boil far more than it ever would at the fact, that Pakistan is the 4th most dangerous country for women. The people of this country are angrier at this petty slogan than at the fact that 70% women in Pakistan have endured domestic violence in their lives, yes our mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunts and 5000 of those young beautiful, full of life, women die each year.
I know Mera Jism Meri Marzi is more a threat to many than 1500 annual acid attack on innocent women and 7000 honor crimes…
Patriarchal dogma hinders the progress of women by deeming them lesser, weaker, and at times, impure. Nature has bestowed the female body with an amazing ability to breed life. And with life comes blood.
Most women bleed or have bled at some time in their life. And yet menstruation which is the experience of more than half of our population remains taboo. Ironically, menstruation is shrouded in secrecy in a society that perceives it completely normal to have men defecating in public and every other wall laden with ads for curing erectile dysfunction. …
After the heart wrenching incident of a mother being gang raped on Motorway in font of her kids, it stirred a huge debate on how should we get rid of such heinous crimes and criminals. To this the majority Pakistanis without any hesitation presented: Hang the Rapist! well that may sound like a solution to many. But what about potential rapists: the men who harass women at schools and colleges, the men who inappropriately touch little boys and girls, the men who make offensive hand gestures to women on streets, the men who send videos of them nude to women…
It’s 2020 and the stigma surrounding periods has still not become history. Even today so many women and young girls are so ashamed even say the word ‘period’ in public, let alone discuss it.
Contrary to the common opinion which says that women are more open about such talk if they grow up in home with women; this wasn’t the case for us. In our home there are six women: me included we are five sisters and our mom. But mind you, in our home talk about menstruation is also hushed.
I got my periods when I was only ten…
I remember the November of 2007 very vividly. We were getting ready for school our father was going to drop me and my sisters. And he received one phone call that would change our lives forever. He immediately rushed out. Hours later we heard wailing of my aunt; my uncle had been shot dead.
Chacha, as we used to call him, owned a shop in main market of Attock and had been running it for several years. For some time he had been having trouble with another shop owner over business issues. And one day amid the rage, he shot…
The case of Arzoo Raja has brought light to a grim reality of forced conversions of Pakistan. Recently a minor Christian girl named Arzoo was abducted from her home in broad daylight by a man named Azhar Ali. Azhar, a man of age 44 years claims that Arzoo came to him out of free will, converted to Islam from Christianity, and married him. According the birth certificate of Arzoo which has also been circulating widely on social media since past few days she is just 13 years of age. And according to the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act, the minimum…
This movie is about a man named Teddy Daniels. It is set in 1954. He arrives at a mental hospital in the Boston Harbor Islands accompanied by a partner named Chuck. Teddy believes they have been sent to the hospital, named Ashecliffe, to investigate the disappearance of a patient named Rachel Solando.
Teddy tells his mate that the person who killed his wife, Andrew Laeddis, must also be at Ashecliffe. Teddy also reveals that he interviewed a former Ashecliffe patient named George Noyce, who told him that Ashecliffe is conducting illegal experiments on political traitors.
Teddy learns that the mental…
Parental leave is the leave of absence granted to parents on the birth of their child (may include after, before or both). Countries all over the world provide paid paternity leave to their citizens. Some countries especially the developed nations of the world provide paternity leave on the adoption of a kid as well.
There are two categories in parental leave
- Maternity leave
2. Paternity leave
As their names suggest maternity leave is given to mothers when a child is (or adopted) and paternity leave is given to fathers when a child is born (or adopted). …
The word cyborg is an abbreviated version of ‘cybernetic organism’. The term was invented in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S Clyne. A cyborg is defined as any living being that has both organic and mechanical/electrical parts that either restore or enhance the organism’s functioning. Robots and droids do not fall into this category.
Two approaches regarding Cyborgs
1. Part of the diverse use of the word “cyborg” revolves around how humans see their interactions with technology. An individual could be considered a cyborg when he is outfitted with implants such as artificial heart valves, cochlear implants or insulin pumps. …
Birth control methods allow couples to decide when to have children and how many children do, they want. Not only does birth control helps people to limit the size of their families in accordance with the available resources, but they are playing a major role in order to combat the huge problem which the world is facing right now; of over population. Moreover, birth control methods play part in allowing couples to practice significant gaps in between the births of their children. They are also employed when the couple is faced with health complications.
Even though the use of birth…
Bushra Mahnoor
Writing is all the catharsis I need | Psychology student | Feminist
