I am drained from the
unrelenting coverage of the transition into a new American presidency, so if you ask me what I think about the new presidency and women's marches, or even how I feel about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing at the inauguration, I don't feel anything. I should but I don't.
Sorry.
But I recently saw this story from Facebook, and had to share it. Atif Aslam, a popular Pakistani singer,
recently stopped his concert midway to rescue a female audience member sexually harassed by a man next to her. He confronted the man/men and said, "Your mother or your sister could have been here as well," and then told his crew to help the victim on-stage, and escort her to safety. You can
read more about it from Huffington Post or
watch this video clip on YouTube.
This is what REAL men do. Not feed on misogyny and sexism, or worse, participate in it as the new president has done. Pakistan isn't the safest place for women, but if there are men there who are willing to stand up for women's rights in public, then surely there should be WAY MORE men in countries which claim to be more developed/ progressive/ liberal who do the same.
