NOT ALL MEN??

Maryam Jaffar
2 min readSep 16, 2020

“NOT ALL MEN" Tell this to the girl who is afraid to walk alone during the daytime.

"NOT ALL MEN." Tell this to the man who can't let his wife or sister to go anywhere alone from now on.

"NOT ALL MEN" Tell this to the woman who constantly looks around herself, sitting alert in any public place.

"NOT ALL MEN." Tell this to the father of a young born daughter who is afraid to let his daughter go out of his sight now.

"NOT ALL MEN."Tell this to the grandfather who despite his old age, walks in the scorching heat of sun just to pick and drop his gradnchildren to theor tuition centres.

"NOT ALL MEN." tell this to the girl whose mother prays constantly until she reaches hone safe and sound.

"NOT ALL MEN."tell this to the mother who has made her daughter change their evening shifts to morning just because she is too afraid to let her daughter go to even get education at night.

"NOT ALL MEN " a phrase men uses all the time as their defense be it WOMEN'S MARCH, be it BLACKMAILING, be it DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. okay I get that you guys don't like us women saying "all men" and I get your sentiments.
BUT,
Please just look at the situation around. With you chanting "NOT ALL MEN"It quiet obviously portraits your PRIORITIES, it shows that all you are concerned right now is getting rid of the tag NOT ALL MEN.

When I say this trust me, us all women are shook to the core from what happened at Motorway. It is so traumatic that you guys maybe can never imagine because all you care about is NOT ALL MEN and not really how to provide comfort to the women suffering right now.

Observe your sister,
Have a look at your mother everytime your sister leaves the house,
Look at your father,
Look for your daughter,
Ask them.
How they feel?
Ask your dad
What is more important
Removing "NOT ALL MEN"
OR
PROTECTING THE WOMEN.
I am sure you will get the Answer Really fast.

There is a girl I know, my junior. Her mother has asked her to leave her degree(she has completed a year ) because she is so disturbed that she can't let her daughter stay out at night because even if NOT ALL MEN, she cannot risk her daughter's life and safety. Now she is getting admission again in a morning programme.

Ps: This POST IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE RUNNING AROUND WITH THE MANTRA OF NOT ALL MEN.

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