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Fawad Chaudhry, women don’t need to 'run a kitchen' to be able to run a country

Fawad Chaudhry, women don’t need to 'run a kitchen' to be able to run a country

When a woman talks about power, why do men feel she needs to be reminded that she belongs in the kitchen?
31 Dec, 2020

We get that politics today is largely about who has the best comeback but why is that when it comes to women, the retort is more likely to be sexist?

When a woman talks about power, why do men feel she needs to be reminded that she belongs in the kitchen OR at least know how to run a kitchen to aspire to run a state?(!) Questioning someone's political credentials is one thing but to equate a stereotypical gender role with a 'qualification' of some sort is plain ridiculous.

Unfortunately, even in 2020, politicians in Pakistan don't know better when it comes to unapologetic misogyny; the proof is in PTI Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry's latest jab at PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz.

At a recent press conference criticising the opposition's Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) rallies, the minister for science and technology criticised Maryam and PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, taking a jibe at both of them being handed their political careers due to their families.

"Maryam has never managed a kitchen in her entire life. She lived in her father's house and he ran the household."

Bringing Bilawal into the mix, Fawad said both of them had never worked a day in their life, "yet both are submitting their resume to become the next prime minister of Pakistan."

If this wasn't enough, he continued to post the same on social media, saying "like a spoiled rich girl she has no control over her tongue" and dreams of becoming the prime minister of a nuclear state even though she has never even run a kitchen.

Say what?

Bewildered, many on Twitter schooled Fawad on how domestic responsibilities were in no way a qualification for wanting to run a state. Simultaneously, many pointed out how current leaders in power, including Chaudhry himself, were not necessarily 'running kitchens' before taking on their roles.

This guy had an entire list and we're living for it

Comparisons were made

And valid questions raised

Some were disappointed

And others pretty furious

But misogyny is misogyny

Of course, some similar-minded people lauded Fawad but we're not going to give them space. So that's that.

Comments

Fastrack Dec 31, 2020 03:55pm
Seriously, Dawn?
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Chrís Dăn Dec 31, 2020 04:05pm
No. Kitchen running is not something sexist a view at all. Ms.Merkel runs her kitchen still& we see her nice home life whenever she has some vacation &with family. A woman who can handle her Kitchen which is the home ministry of country namely home is definitely more skilful a person than the one who does not know how to cook even for oneself if without servant. Ms.Ursula,the Chie of EU Parliament is a mother of 5 kids whom she raised&cooked,brought up herself without servants. This personal skill helped her in professional life. Pakistani elite women don',t enter kitchen &call such comments sexist-amazing. Pakistani political women are corrupt in politics& nobody in kitchen. No politician woman after Ns. Jinnah is clean & are worst n home running. Pak.elite politicians are not normal women like Merkel,Ursula,Michelle Obama. We got elite women distant from real life.
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shahzad naeem Dec 31, 2020 04:07pm
She doesn't want to run the country but a dynasty.
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