"So-Called Family System"
We have often heard people claim that feminism is destroying our family system and values, and it is a Western agenda, a tool of propaganda designed to strip our women of their modesty. We are constantly rage-baited into believing that, as more women become educated, divorce rates rise, and that educated women have no understanding of family values. But here is the uncomfortable reality, one we would rather dodge over chai and platitudes, independent women are not destroying our family system. Violent, entitled, and abusive men are." The truth is, some of the greatest threats to the family system sit right inside our own homes, homes that look perfectly calm and complete from the outside but are misogynistic and violent from the inside. According to the UNFPA, in Pakistan, 28% of women aged between 15–49 experience physical violence, and around 6% experience sexual violence. 34% of married women face physical, sexual, or emotional violence by their husbands and almost 5% exp...