Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan has often drawn intense criticism for some of his statements regarding women. For instance, he previously blamed women’s dress and ‘vulgarity’ in Bollywood films for causing rape cases.
As per a report in India Today, he made another remark in a recent interview stating, “If a woman is wearing very few clothes, it will have an impact on the men, unless they are robots. It’s just common sense.”
This is the interview
Earlier, PTI spokespersons argued the PM never attributed women’s dress to sexual violence but was speaking generally about pardah for both men and women
Here the PM leaves no room for any doubt (or spin)
A pity the outcry earlier had no impact on him pic.twitter.com/bHCBmFxvyv
— Reema Omer (@reema_omer) June 21, 2021
However, Dr Arslan Khalid, focal person to the PM on digital media, defended him with the following tweet:
Again selective and out of context tweeting of what he actually said by subtracting the part where he talked about what kind of society we live in and abt the sexual frustration in the society. https://t.co/zuFw0mZ3WB
— Dr Arslan Khalid (@arslankhalid_m) June 20, 2021
But the statement drew people’s ire:
Actually saying “seeing skimpy clothes=rape temptation” makes men sound a lot like (rapist) robots.
— Ammar Ali Jan (@ammaralijan) June 20, 2021
If men can’t control how they react to a woman’s flesh then why are they heads of states ? They can’t surely control a country
— Sunae (@SunaeandSunae) June 20, 2021
The leaderships are so misogynistic, what kind of justice and equity can be expected from their governments. Their bias is reflected in institutions as well which deny womxn the access to justice. No country for us. https://t.co/nWbK6DGsLW
— Anonymous (@youravgFeminist) June 21, 2021
Such derogatory comments comming from a PM of a country.
It's gives a free hand of Pakistani men's to involve in sexual activites like rape.
Shame On Pakistan PM. https://t.co/e0N3IK8jiV— Udbhav Agarwal (@AgarwalUdbhav86) June 21, 2021
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