Leena Ghani VS A Classic Case Of Toxic Masculinity, Exhibitionism, & Fragile Male Ego

Last night make-up artist and activist, Leena Ghani, who was one of the 4 women to accuse Ali Zafar of harassment, took to Twitter to share a series of rather displeasing tweets.

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The activist shared a horrific account of an encounter that she had with a random male stranger in Jami-Shireen Park in Lahore.

What I'm about to share with you is an incident that happened a few weeks ago at Jami-Shireen Park. This is not an isolated event; this violence occurs every day; you will witness this one because there is a video. 1/ pic.twitter.com/0a3Peaudoe

— leena (@Leena_Ghani) April 22, 2021

She narrated that how a group of men was ogling at Leena and her friends. Since this is a pretty common phenomenon for women in Pakistan and also that speaking up against it garners unwanted attention, the make-up artist chose to let it slide.

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However, this did not end there as one of the oglers ended up taking pictures of them. This is where Leena intervened and “asked him to leave, but he refused.”

We knew we were bound to attract unwanted attention, so we did what most women do: we ignored it. However, one very keen observer decided to take pictures; at this point, I intervened and asked him to leave. He refused and within a few seconds the situation escalated badly. 2/

— leena (@Leena_Ghani) April 22, 2021

The video then starts from the point where the activist asks him to leave but in retaliation, he snatches her phone and assassinates her because how dare she stopped him from occupying space(!)?

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In the later scenes, it can be viewed that the male in conversation smacks her phone to the ground only to turn back to hit her, but people in the nearby come to stop him.

Even then, he satiates his vile appetite by hurling abuses towards the group of women and even threatening to spray their faces with acid for mere point scoring.

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She then wrote about how this particular incident is something women aren’t oblivious of as it is something they must have encountered at least once in their lives.

This kind of rage is not unfamiliar to any of us. The cold dark piercing eyes, blank and void. A scrunched up face foaming at the mouth—incoherent speech and an out-of-control tongue. I have experienced this anger, the sort that has no return. And it always comes from men. 4/

— leena (@Leena_Ghani) April 22, 2021

While narrating the incident, Leena Ghani added that people (particularly men), who choose to stay silent on these occasions are as much a part of the problem as these harassers.

You are the problem if you are silent if you don’t want to resist and revolt. If you don’t call each other out and take responsibility of all the crimes your gender committed in the name of anything and everything. 8/

— Leena (@Leena_Ghani) April 22, 2021

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