In 21st
century where feministic movements have gained much momentum and we come across
hundreds of articles advocating the cause, social problems faced by men often
seem to be ignored. On this international men day, we, through this piece of
writing, call on our social system to reconsider the unjustified expectations
made from men.
1. Bread
winner of the family
Since
decades, our society has attached men with the responsibilities of financial assistance
and now it has almost assumed the constitutional importance. We as a society
need to realize that they equally have the right to enjoy and invest in themselves.
Equal sharing of financial responsibilities by both sexual counterparts need to
be urgently normalized.
2. Unexceptional
Endurance
Men
are expected to endure any emotional change with unrealistic resistance. Words
like ‘Men don’t cry’, ‘Common you are a boy’, and ‘Men are emotionally strong’ seem
to be pet sentences of every Pakistani family. It is, however, time to give
ourselves a realistic check and respect the emotional side of our male segment.
Let men cry! It is their psychological need.
3. Big/Fancy
car = Beautiful young girl
It
is highly unfortunate of our society that mostly our jokes become acceptance
and subsequently a psychologically endorsed concepts. Abundance of memes saying
Civics or Honda has enabled abc to marry xyz has raised a question on the possibility
of every middle class man to marry a women of her choice.
4.
Unrealistic Career Expectations
We
exist in a world where career depression is a real thing but our society has
furthered the occurrence of psychological issues by linking the career success
to a certain age. No doubt, enthusiastic females also get targeted by this
taboo but men are the real victims. Our so called standard setters need to
understand that it is OK TO BEGIN EVEN IN YOUR 30’s. Life is not kind to everyone.
5. Standardization
of Masculine Beauty
Girls
idealize a man of height more than 6ft, build up muscles, and having brownish complexion.
And if this ideal man grows up a beard, he successfully pass the criteria of a
handsome man. Don’t you feel this criteria setting is also a kind of body
shaming for the ones who somehow any or all the discussed characteristics.
If women demands acceptance without being judged, man too deserve it.
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