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Wife Takes Hijab-Wearing Husband To Dinner, Shares Hilarious Post Smashing Gender Roles

byDisha Banerjee
8th April 2019
2 minute read

Few of the many popular statements that women across India grow up hearing are:
1. Girls from decent houses do not go out in the dark.
2. Girls should wear proper clothing because revealing clothes make them susceptible to molestation/rape.
3. God made women primarily to produce children.
4. Husband = God.

Women are no stranger to regressive practices forced upon them in the name of protection or tradition. Many of us grow up questioning and rebelling inequality we face in our own homes.

A married couple who go by the name ‘TheMewlyWeds’ recently took social media by storm after posting a hilarious satirical message on gender roles.

They posted pictures in which the husband is seen wearing a hijab, sitting beside his smiling wife who “took him out” for a meal.

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She composed a brilliant satire on role-reversal which is bound to make your bones tickle!

“This is my beautiful husband. Of course, you can’t see how beautiful he is because I make sure he keeps his beauty (read: identity) hidden as I am the only true haqdaar of it”, she wrote.

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She humorously added how they went to a restaurant that only serves steroid free chicken because they are “health conscious”, otherwise his fertility will get affected. And that’s not an option since his only duty is to get her pregnant!

Everything she mentions attacks conservative rules held only against women.

Read the entire post here:

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This is my beautiful husband. Of course, you can't see how beautiful he is because I make sure he keeps his beauty (read: identity) hidden as I am the only true haqdaar of it. Everything he is, all his achievements, dreams, all of his fkn life, he owes it to me. Any namehram's nazar is haraam on him, so I prefer he stay at home as the world is a bad place. However, it is ok when he goes out with me. I took him to dinner at @madroostapk last night. We only go there because they use steroid free chicken and we are very health conscious, especially after knowing how growth hormone injected chicken can affect fertility. I don't want his fertility to be affected because his major purpose of existing is to give me children and make me a mother. So no matter what, I only bring him to eat out here. I Iove how he modestly hides himself while going out, as he is khuli tijori and I wouldn't want him to get molested. Even then if he gets molested, we will accept that as qismah and hope that the abuser will be punished in akhirah. I on the other hand can roam around and loiter on my own, in my chadda banyaan, in my tank top in my spaghetti strap top or even shirtless, because I am a woman. I am not scared of other women. They will not assault me. And even if they do, I will not talk about it because it will prove me weak and defenceless in front of the whole wide world. A woman is not supposed to be weak, you know, we were created to be strong and macho. Also, I let him go out to work and drive cuz I am a strong believer in equality. However, looking at na-mehrams and interacting with them in any way is strictly prohibited. It is my duty to ensure these practices as a pious husband is my key to jannah, how will I get to sleep with 70 virgins in the afterlife warna? Also photography and all is also haraam but we had to do this since in attempt to educate you all and save you from qabar ke saanp and jahannum ki aag. Where's my medal? . . . #genderroles #smashingpatriarchy #dawn #nomeansno #consent #endrapeculture #metoo

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However, some people didn’t get the humour and the real motive behind her post and started slamming her.

She later took on Twitter to clear the air and state that she wasn’t attacking any particular religion. Instead, the role-reversal was to highlight how patriarchy has been operating for centuries.

Netizens are lauding the couple’s attempt at smashing stereotypes and gender roles. They also pulled the thread by adding hilariously to the narrative!

https://twitter.com/Mariya_m_ahmed/status/1114897019552792577

You gotta accept it, the humour here is spot on!

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