Patriarchy is so deeply rooted that a woman sacrificing her body to give birth is treated as normal, while a man washing a few dishes is treated like a hero.
“Men suffer in silence."
No, they don’t. They treat everyone around them like dogshit.
They externalize their feelings onto the women closest to them, usually.
One of the worst things we as pakistanis have done is become numb to injustice. We’ve grown so used to it that we barely react anymore whether it’s mandate being stolen, inflation, load shedding, no freedom of speech etc. And unfortunately, ghulam qaum ka koi mustaqbil nahi hota.
I wish I could explain how tiring it is to live inside a head that never fully rests. Even during happy moments, there are thoughts, never ending cycle