Coming from a society where women face slack for reporting harassment, Fahad Mustafa’s new drama series #Dunk has raised a lot of questions.
With the plot portraying the other end of the story i.e cases of false accusations, people have been criticising the drama for undermining and dismissing the bigger percentage of cases where the harassment claims actually stand true.
To address these concerns, Fahad Mustafa took to a recent interview where he shared that people should be shown ‘all kinds of stories:’
https://twitter.com/etribune/status/1342163772174163969?s=19
His comments resonated with a few people:
We need to give men equal rights. We should not believe harassments blame just because a girl is saying it. It should be proved in court.
— Salman (@abot94140240) December 25, 2020
People were calling it a need of the hour:
Finally…..need of the hour…. https://t.co/xnQiCwvTJN
— Ashar Zaidi (@Asharzaidi78) December 24, 2020
People wanted all sides to be shown:
https://twitter.com/Spin_KhanKK/status/1342468842438668288?s=19
While he did have a few people agree with him, a vast majority of people found his take to be straight up tone deaf:
https://twitter.com/PotatoChips97/status/1342550038157946881?s=19
People had questions:
Is this the white lives matter for creepy men? https://t.co/631YVTzQjg
— Twitt.Arhum (@arhuml92) December 25, 2020
People found his stance to be poor:
The fact that he CHOSE to tell that 'kind' of story is very telling indeed.
At a time where we need more stories about the genuine cases and how the culprits need to be prosecuted, this is just very poor! https://t.co/hWV0T2MIA1
— Raza (@Razza_H) December 25, 2020
People found his comments siding with the harassers:
95% of cases are genuine but 100% of men are trash. 95% are harassing and 5% are protecting the harassers.. https://t.co/xmaHSvQEhN
— Sana Rizvi (@TheKharateyKid) December 25, 2020
People were furious!
https://twitter.com/kaafibewakoof/status/1342424011465248771?s=19
People were left disappointed:
Unfortunate to see figures in the media use their platforms to contort real issues that exist for women across Pakistan. Reinforcing the mentality that we should be sceptical of survivors and assassinate their characters – “just in case it’s the 5%” https://t.co/chuA773h3s
— auratcollective (@auratcollective) December 25, 2020
Not at all!
https://twitter.com/AsharJawad/status/1342574101689495556?s=19
Spot on!
https://twitter.com/liIpayne/status/1342481570519801856?s=19
People were calling it a publicity tactic:
https://twitter.com/SastiComradron/status/1342433459701166080?s=19
Exactly!
https://twitter.com/A_TWEET_ER/status/1342430832183525376?s=19
People were calling him an apologist!
Just simply say you're an apologist and leave. Causing nothing but harm for us women. https://t.co/jcYgs0l2Bd
— eesh (Taylor's Version) (@Lemoney_Sid) December 25, 2020
People were just not having it!
https://twitter.com/kaffirsupreme/status/1342473987822137345?s=19
And then they ask us why women feel the need to march…
https://twitter.com/Kainat_Azhar/status/1342475832590274560?s=19
People just couldn’t wrap their head around his logic:
95% is less important than 5%. What whack logic is this? https://t.co/27Z3VrHGV6
— Sami (@Ashnasami) December 25, 2020
What do you think about Fahad Mustafa’s stance? Let us know in the comments below!