Public figures spoke of humiliation and rape threats surged online after rally posters hit too close to domestic for some men
One poster read: “Keep your dick pics to yourself.” Another had a drawing of a vagina and two ovaries and the words: “Grow a pair!” A third said,“If you like the headscarf so much, tie it around your eyes.”The posters featured at women’s day marches across Pakistan final week, or were just a handful among hundreds that highlighted fundamental rights issues such as access to education and employment. They have since unleashed a social media storm. Thousands complained the marchers were “vulgar” opportunists who had infringed on conservative values in the Muslim-majority country and supplanted a lega fight for rights with a liberal,anti-Islamic agenda. Many called for a parallel men’s march. Related: Women take to the streets of Pakistan to rewrite their spot in society Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com