Originally posted by: Amara_B
As always, this was a beautifully shot episode. Mateen's scenes were especially good.
I feel my deduction from the promo was proven true. Danish has turned out to be a lousy father. He's not provided any kind of emotional support for poor Rumi, to the extent that Rumi felt compelled to ask to be sent to a boarding school and Danish just said yes.
He didn't take it as a sign that his kid is in need of emotional support and parental comfort.
Then when the poor kid's acting out because he's not getting the emotional support he needs, Danish gives him a stern speech that was frankly very emotionally manipulative.
As far as parenting goes Mehwish and Danish are both massive failures and have let Rumi down big time. Poor kid deserves better.
I also hated Hateem's dialogue: 'aurat fitran bewafi nahi karti, aur jo bewafi karti hai woh fitran aurat nahi hoti'.
And in the promo, Hira Mani's dialogue: 'Main milongi ek baar aap ki biwi se, dekhongi apne matlab ke liye apni aulad ko chodne wali dekhne mein aurat lagti hai?'
What kind of messed up logic is that? A woman is a woman, no matter what she does. Women who have affairs are still women.
Just like men who have affairs remain men.
Is Mateen not a 'mard' because he had an affair? Is Shewar not a mard because he not only had an affair but purposefully lured a married woman into having an affair too?
Women are not perfect, and there's no justice in holding them to a standard of perfection.
Women are human, and humans make mistakes.
Expecting women to be above natural human traits is dangerous and disgusting. It gives men a sense of entitlement and makes them feel they're 'allowed' to abuse and denigrate women who do something wrong because actually, they're not women at all. It dehumanises women and makes it easier for people to treat them like dirt, and refuse them their basic human rights.
It's perfectly fine to lose respect for someone who does something wrong. It is not at all ok to mistreat or dehumanise someone who does something wrong.