This Is Why Imam-ul-Haq’s Playboy Ways Are Not A #MeToo Concern

Imam-ul-Haq found himself in hot waters on Wednesday evening when a number of girls came forward with screenshots of the cricketer making promises of marriage that he apparently had no intentions of keeping.

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Since the story broke, countless screenshots of conversations and compromising pictures have been shared involving both the cricketer and his alleged girlfriends.

Twitter remains dearly divided on Imam-ul-Haq’s playboy ways and there are some valid arguments coming from both sides.

There are those who believe that Imam is in the wrong because lying for sex cannot be condoned under any circumstances.

Regardless of how you classify Imam's behavior, lying for sex and intimacy in a society like ours is disgraceful and dangerous. It carries huge potential punishment going up to death, and tremendous mental strain. It's not OK to lie to and exploit people.

— Ahmer Naqvi (@karachikhatmal) July 24, 2019

Pakistanis also believe that it was important to call out Imam’s hypocrisy to protect other naive girls from falling for his lies.

On the other hand there are those who believe that since all the relationships that Imam was allegedly in were consensual, the screenshots posted by the girls should be classified as revenge pornography and condemned.

There are some valid concerns about how this scandal might end-up discouraging those girls who were planning to come out against their harassers, derailing the momentum of the #MeToo movement in Pakistan.

This girl Feriha has clearly crippled a sensitive issue of harassment for the women who are in dire need of it. She has no idea how her nonsense would affect the ones who were planning to break their silence against the aggravation & abuse they are enduring for idk how long!!

— depreciation (@raving_dead) July 24, 2019

Our verdict on Imam-ul-Haq’s playboy ways is rather simple 👇

For most people sex and intimacy almost always have an underlying emotional connection. To manipulate that emotional side only to receive physical intimacy is certainly a behaviour that needs to be strongly condemned and discouraged.

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At the same time, #MeToo as a movement should not be allowed to derail because of scandals that involve consensual relationships that in the end – for whatever reason – did not materialize.

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