In a civilized world, you expect better from the educated and artists. Yet while most of the entertainment fraternity are using their platform to inform and educate, Ahmed Ali Butt isn’t.<\/p>\n
The comedy actor voiced opposition to the Aurat March slogan ‘Mera Jism Meri Marzi’, stating that it’s a Western slogan. The Fatman<\/em><\/strong> star says;<\/p>\n “the slogan is part of a Western campaign, and being exploited locally.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n Fake News: Viral Clip of Naked Woman is Not Part of Aurat March<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Jawani Phir Nahi Ani<\/em><\/strong> actor believes local women are exploiting this Western slogan aimed at legalizing prostitution.<\/p>\n Since when are female genital mutilation, child marriage, women trafficking, women access to medicare, sexual harassment, policing women’s clothing, career choices, educational access are not vices of society?<\/strong><\/p>\n In his Instagram story, the actor addressed how the slogan goes against Pakistan\u2019s cultural values.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B9YenG8lP6F\/<\/p>\n He alleges that Aurat March is a\u00a0 ‘foreign funded movement’, an accusation that is often leveled against progressive movements in a conservative Asian country like Pakistan.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it comes to women rights, Islam has the most rights rights and respect for women. It\u2019s sad to see how we forgot that and follow a trend and funded movements,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n On the contrary, Aurat March clarified the meaning of the slogan as well as their sources of finance, time and time again.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B8_OGLhHuux\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Mera jism meri marzi<\/em>\u2019 means that women want bodily autonomy and independence. To be able to have the right to choose in matters concerning their bodies. To choose what to wear without fear of rape. To choose who to marry. To choose whether they want to have children, how many, and when they want to have them. To not have their husbands rape them because they feel entitled to their bodies after marriage. To have access to mobility in their day-to-day lives for work and for leisure. To not have their bodies maimed in the name of having their sexuality controlled,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Ahmed Ali Butt’s criticism of women’s rights movement in Pakistan focuses on how they are borrowed from Western culture rather than home-grown. Netizens stepped in and pointed out how most art is borrowed from the West too.<\/p>\n From music genres like rock and rap. Even film itself is a Western creation. And all this reflects sadly on a person who is who he is today because of his showbiz career.<\/p>\n We live in a country where democracy, parliament, constitution, mode of education and even your rap style of music borrow heavily from western concepts and thinking. So the sky won't fall if someone borrowed a campaign slogan. https:\/\/t.co\/osbxQrzXbI<\/a><\/p>\n — Blue on Blue (@RavensLaire) March 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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