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| Pakistani YouTuber criticized for a wife-beating joke: 'Domestic violence is not a joke |
The height of the girl was 5 feet and the height of the husband was 6 feet. It started as a joke, after which bitter words and violence would come.
When the woman approached a psychologist for therapy, she realized that she was not only being physically abused but also mentally and emotionally abused, after which the woman retaliated.
Psychologist Humira Affan, who provided therapy to this woman, says, 'Jokes can also be abused and exploited if the hair is pulled, slapped or words are cut, but it should also be seen that it What is the comfort level because some women consider it a joke while others consider it abuse and violence.'
Pakistani actor and popular YouTuber Shahveer Jaffrey posted an apparently humorous video on TikTok in which his wife is seen sleeping on a sofa, Shahveer holding a pillow over her mouth and pressing her breath. They try to stop him, but after a few moments, his wife raises her head from the other side of the sofa, and Shahveer realizes that he was pressing a pillow on her feet. After which they lovingly place the same pillow under their head and walk away with their hands on their foreheads.
The users of the social networking websites expressed their displeasure with this post of his.
According to a report by the National Commission for Human Rights, 40 percent of women in Pakistan face physical or emotional violence
'Domestic violence is no joke'
"In a country where thousands of women are killed every year due to domestic violence - a famous YouTuber strangling his wife seems 'ridiculous'," wrote Kanwal Ahmed, founder of Civil Sisters on the social networking site Twitter.
Syeda Sundus Raza writes that a few months ago, they lost a close loved one due to domestic violence. Whenever someone makes a joke about domestic violence, my blood boils.
Not only women but also men appeared to be displeased with this post. Abdullah Zahid writes, "What a stupid joke." You are strangling your wife while she is sleeping. What part of their negative mindset thought it was a good idea to make people laugh, not a day goes by without news of such incidents on the front page of newspapers. Domestic violence is not a joke.
Nishat writes that '41.3 thousand likes on a video of Shahvir Jafri strangling his wife as a joke in a country where domestic violence is rampant, where women are actually killed by their husbands! My blood is boiling.
A user named Daniyal Azhar said, “I agree that this is not a joke at all. When will these influencers learn to be positive? '
"Don't tell women what to fear," writes Hania. You have no idea what we are afraid of.
"Let me do it too"
Psychologist Humira Affan says that 'if someone sees such an act, then they copy it, that is, if someone is choking in a joke, then they think, let's try it too.'
However, he further said that 'but nowadays there is more awareness and people react immediately that it is wrong, so the positive aspects should be copied.'
According to a report by the National Commission for Human Rights, 40 percent of women in Pakistan face physical or emotional violence. In Karachi, the country's largest city, 20 to 25 cases of domestic violence come to government hospitals every day, police surgeon Dr. Samia. According to Syed, 8 to 10 cases are received in Jinnah, 4 to 6 in Civil Hospital, and 8 to 10 in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital daily.
According to Dr. Samia Syed, if violence is reported, it takes the worst form. "A married girl aged 25 to 30 came to me, who had two children and had bruises on her body for a few days. Then she came again that day my junior examined her this time her hand was broken, the third time she came she was brought dead she was so tortured.'
According to Police Surgeon Dr. Samia Syed, they are now expanding the definition of domestic violence to include verbal abuse, psychological pressure, economic exploitation and not allowing free movement.