When we hear the words lightly beat, what comes to mind? To most people it’s something along the lines of, “lightly beat eggs so that their volume will increase and the texture will go from liquid to thick and foamy and the color will be a light yellow.“
However, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) had something else in mind when they proposed a model women’s protection bill which permits husbands to lightly beat their wives if needed. I’m not much of a science guy, but I’m pretty damn sure that this won’t make their volume increase or make their texture go from liquid to thick and foamy. Might make them yellow, though, which sounds rather nasty.
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How did the people react?
To no one’s surprise really, women and men everywhere reacted furiously to this, wondering what kind of weed the people there had smoked to come to the conclusion that lightly beating women would protect them in some way.
One of these people was a photographer by the name of Fahhad Rajper, who went to 12 different women and recorded their response in an album titled #TryBeatingMeLightly. These women’s comebacks are epically glorious.
1) Adeeqa Lalwany, Digital Storyteller
#TryBeatingMeLightly, I’ll become the destruction you will never foresee.
2) Farah S. Kamal, Education Consultant
#TryBeatingMeLightly and tell me if you would like yourself to be beaten up lightly?
3) Amber Zulfiqar, Travel and Lifestyle Blogger
#TryBeatingMeLightly and take a punch in the ass!
4) Priyanka Pahuja, Product Designer turned Digital Marketer
#TryBeatingMeLightly and I’ll run a car over you with my 7 years of driving experience!
5) Sumbul Usman, Social Media Manager
#TryBeatingMeLightly, you won’t survive to see the morning.
6) Shagufta Abbas, Doctor
#TryBeatingMeLightly – I’ll break that hand you raised at me. Remaining damage? I’ll leave it upto Allah.
7) Fizza Rahman, Sr. Brand Manager
#TryBeatingMeLightly, I will beat you up lightly too, that too in public. I am very particular about gender equality.
8) Erum Khan, Blogger
#TryBeatingMeLightly, and be ready to face the consequences.
9) Sundus Rasheed, School Teacher/Radio Jockey
#TryBeatingMeLightly, and you’ll regret it for the rest of your miserable life.
10) Sadiya Azhar
#TryBeatingMeLightly – Beat me with your intelligence, if you may. Beat me with your wit. Beat me with your smile. Beat me with your kindness. But if you dare to beat me even with a feather, I’d really beat the shit out of you. With love. 🙂
11) Alvera Rajper, Medical Student
#TryBeatingMeLightly – Tell me how would you feel if someone beats your daughter up lightly?
12) Rabya Ahmed, Photo-Blogger
#TryBeatingMeLightly – I’m the sun. Touch me and I will burn you like hell fire. I am light, you will try, but you can never stop me. You can never contain me. I am the kind of woman they name hurricanes after. I dare you, #TryBeatingMeLightly
You can find Fahhad Rajper’s orginal album here.
