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When a Knock at the Door is Not Enough

Aisha Sarwari May 7, 2008

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#138 Posted by tahir on May 15, 2008 10:35:48 am
Re: # 137
Once they've ruined their future generations through Women's Lib and Children's Rights, they will return to Men's Rights.
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#137 Posted by Pakfin on May 14, 2008 7:11:27 pm
Why is it that in every article the battered spouse is the wife. How about an article on battered/abused husbands? Abuse does not necessarily have to be physical.
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#136 Posted by tahir on May 14, 2008 11:30:28 am
Re: # 130
American males grow up playing with toy guns and producing the notorious 'Bang! Bang!' sound.

Eastern (Indo-Pak) males only utter 'thaa...thaa..' or 'thishuN...thishuN...' sounds when they play.

Hence, 'banging' is alien, and NOT part of our culture.
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#135 Posted by akcheema on May 14, 2008 6:44:39 am
Re: # 133; majumdar bhai

My cousins from the 'pind'(punjabi for village) used to brag about their sexual adventures ad nauseum; we are talking about mid-late teens. Getting fed up of constant, unwanted and irrelevant information, I once turned around and asked one of them who was soon to be married - in the same pind. Given there were only 20-30 families in their village, I asked him about the expected 'virginity' of his prospective wife. He swore by it, of course.

Then I put two and two together for him; given there were only so many young males and females, all the males bragged about a different female; it didn't take long for the penny to drop!

Never heard another word on the subject!

Khuda Hafiz
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#134 Posted by harish_hyd on May 14, 2008 5:26:32 am
#133 by majumdar

Paki men would be pleased to be thought of as Casanovas!!!

Majumdar bhai, I've given reasons as to why I think so. But if Paki men take it too seriously, their womenfolk would have to flee east of the Radcliffe Line because men love to be Casanovas but which woman would want her man to be one and prey on any other woman?
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#133 Posted by majumdar on May 14, 2008 5:16:37 am
If you equate Zee sahib's womanising to the entire Paki male population, you may make yourselves many friends across the Radcliffe Line. Paki men would be pleased to be thought of as Casanovas!!!

Regards
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#132 Posted by harish_hyd on May 14, 2008 5:10:29 am
#130 by majumdar on May 14, 2008 5:00:06 am

It is certainly unfair to equate womanising with wife beating.

Majumdar bhai, it is my view and my view alone. I'm not asking anyone to agree with it. I was just using that as an example to show zee how stereotyping people based on a few samples is foolish.
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#131 Posted by nkg on May 14, 2008 5:03:59 am
Re: # 21
Urstr...

"The women usually get beat up when they try o be oversmart and overdo it"
Who have stopped you from becoming smart and counter your wife with proper logic and patience...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14VEE5nDL04&feature=related
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#130 Posted by majumdar on May 14, 2008 5:00:06 am
Harishbhai,

It is certainly unfair to equate womanising with wife beating. If a man "bangs" a large number of women with their own consent why is that a problem?

Regards
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#129 Posted by harish_hyd on May 14, 2008 4:48:23 am
#128 by zeemax

Now you're getting even funnier. What's banging Western women got to do with beating them up? (unless they ask of-course which is not that unusual either.)

To me, the idea behind womanizing and wife-beating (okay add GF-beating to that) is the same: to have, possess and control women. Its perhaps a matter of perspective: you look for differences and I look for similarities. But I hope you got the point I was trying to make vis-a-vis Romair's post.

BTW, you're quite a simpleton when it comes to these matters.

Guilty as charged.
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#128 Posted by zeemax on May 14, 2008 4:37:22 am
#126 Posted by harish_hyd,

Now you're getting even funnier. What's banging Western women got to do with beating them up? (unless they ask of-course which is not that unusual either.)

BTW, you're quite a simpleton when it comes to these matters.
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#127 Posted by akcheema on May 14, 2008 4:15:34 am
Re: # 126; harish

may be he meant western as 'the wild west'; its all 'interpretation' as they say

i am outta here..enjoy
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#126 Posted by harish_hyd on May 14, 2008 4:09:47 am
#125 by zeemax

Haha ... abuse now.

Ouch! Sorry if that hurt, but never thought that someone who abuses people as a matter of habit would be so touchy about something as harmless as the word I used.

Anyway, the answer is yes! Western men treat their women like garbage and they love it.

Yaar you have openly confessed to how you've banged women of various nationalities and ethnicities. If someone were to use you as anecdotal evidence and extrapolate it to the wider Paki male population, they would conclude that all Paki men are like you. However I won't do that. That is what my beef is with Romair's post. Do you understand that now?
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#125 Posted by zeemax on May 14, 2008 3:59:04 am
#124 Posted by harish_hyd,

Haha ... abuse now.

Anyway, the answer is yes! Western men treat their women like garbage and they love it.
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#124 Posted by harish_hyd on May 14, 2008 3:49:45 am
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#123 Posted by zeemax on May 14, 2008 3:32:20 am
#122 Posted by harish_hyd,

You have a nice trick of making a statement and then immediately contradicting yourself after an immediate 'That said'. LoL!

This trick in shorthand is called 'CYA' (i.e. Cover Your Ass)!

So, in the final analysis, as you say "Once in a relationship, it is tougher for women to walk out of it than it is for men", we arrive at that for women, a relationship is more important than abuse inside or outside marriage, may these be Western women or those of the sub-continent. We agree completely.
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