"The Rise of Women doesn’t mean the Fall of Men"
Men fear women's empowerment in our culture. They believe it to be their mistreatment. They assume women wouldn't depend on them if they gained empowerment and lost their value. They argue that women should not compare with males, because they are different from one another, and shouldn’t attempt to prove to men that they can compete with them and that they are more powerful. Men assume that they are powerful physically and that Islam also gives them high status to accomplish what they desire. They are therefore trying to repress women. They want women to stay in houses and make "Gol Rotties" while doing whatever they want, and that is the excuse why ladies in their homes don't go to work since society isn't good. So what is society made of? "Men". They want to protect their women from men of their kind, the fact that they know how to respond when they encounter a woman publicly. They are protective of their women only. According to them, if a woman is empowered, she’ll wear vulgar clothes, drink, do an inappropriate job, not take her responsibilities, and do whatever she wants.
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Real women empowerment
But they are wrong. Real women's empowerment is to promote the sense of self-worth of women, their capacity to make decisions for themselves and other women, and their right to affect societal change.
Many people don’t allow their daughters to study because there is no use for them. In the end, they will do house chores only. Doing house chores isn’t a bad thing. It is the responsibility of a woman, but she also needs to be educated, so if she doesn’t want to do the job after marriage, she could at least raise her kids in a better way. And if people still think women shouldn’t study, then think about this: if your wife is pregnant, will you take her to a male gynecologist for delivery? Of course not. Because men in our society have that "Garrat" thing in them, and also, women won’t feel comfortable with a male gynecologist for delivery and also for other issues.
No condition to feel empowered
In women's empowerment, education and employment play an important role, but there should be any condition to feel empowered. In developing countries, we can’t say that if all women are educated, then they can achieve empowerment, especially in rural society. It doesn’t mean that they have to wait to feel equal to men. It’s not like women will only feel empowered when they do what men also do. If men are doing electrical engineering, women should also do that. If they want to do humanities, they take arts. That doesn't mean that they are weaker than men.
Girls feel proud when they are referred to as "son of the house". Why is this being mentioned? She'd be proud of being the woman of the house.
There was a period when men were seen as heads because of education and muscularity, but nowadays, muscularity doesn’t count, brain capacity counts and it should be referred to just one gender that only that particular gender utilizes its brain more than others.
It’s a positive term
Women's empowerment is a positive term. We can’t say it is problematic. Society is not ready to accept it as the husband; he's not prepared to believe, as a spouse, that women are all equal. At first, they show that they must be trained equally and work well as well. However, this concealed dread comes from seeing their spouses make the same decisions. The empowering of women should never be seen as a great thing by an incorrect culture.
"If a guy hangs out only with girls, then he is called cutie pie, but if a girl hangs out with guys, she is called bad names."
This mentality must be changed. Why is gender always the barrier?
Why do we constantly have women's labels?
It's just because she's physically weak and she needs males to prove her piously.
Nowadays, many women are doing jobs and taking care of their homes as well. In all things, they aid your male companion.
There are numerous examples of powerful women, like the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, who was a Kenyan scientist, educator, environmental and political activist, Wangari Maathai. The first female President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Malala Yousafzai is a girls' educational champion in Pakistan and the latest ever winner of the Nobel Prize, etc.
Women empowerment in Islam
The prevailing idea of a woman’s place in Islam is that women are deprived of freedom and equality. This is the result of either ignorance about Islam or the biased propaganda of anti-Islamic ideology and prejudiced media. The fact is just the opposite.
Girls are as free to receive an education as boys are. Without her permission, a girl can not be married to anybody. A woman may also accept "Khul" if she dislikes her harsh, unfair, or powerless husband because she is free to divorce him. If she chooses to be a widow or divorcee, she may marry again.
Women get bride prices for money (Mehr). She gets both her father and husband bread and meat. She's got a legally owned stake.
"For men, it is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, and for women, it is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, be it little or much — a legal share." (Qur’an, 4:7)
In Islam, there are also many examples, like Hazrat Khadija (R.A), who was the first businesswoman in Islamic history. And after the death of the Prophet (P.B.U.H), Sahaba (R.A) came to Hazrat Ayesha (R.A) for verification of hadiths.
If a woman is trained and empowered, she will financially support her father and spouse and help establish a better society. We should value our ladies. Men and women must work together for progress, and we must not hinder women from empowering themselves, as Islam granted them the rights to learn, to work, and to make their own decisions 1400 years ago.
This article is written by Juwairia Malyk, one of the contributors to the SOL Community.
