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As Women Contested in Pakistan Elections, Indians on Social Media Couldn't Help the Sexism
As Pakistan was busy with the elections, Indians saw a perfect opportunity to spew sexism on the microblogging site.
Rakhi Bose | News18.com
Updated:July 26, 2018, 7:08 AM IST
New Delhi: Pakistan concluded its third consecutive civilian election on July 25. With many media and analysts’ reports calling it the 'dirtiest' election in Pakistan ever, it seems that some of the filth has seeped into social media as well.
The latest elections have witnessed an unprecedented participation from women in Pakistan. Led partly by Pakistan’s Election Commission, which earlier specified that every party contesting elections needed to have 5 per cent of women candidates, a record 171 women contested for the 272 general seats in the National Assembly.
While the number, though low, is momentous considering the country’s history, what followed on social media was not impressive. As Pakistan was busy with the elections, Indians saw a perfect opportunity to spew sexism on the microblogging site.
Soon after some of the women candidates started campaigning, social media in India was abuzz with sexist comparisons with leaders at home.
Nimbu Masala
@NimbuMassala
https://twitter.com/NimbuMassala/status/1021020622825062400
Pakistan women contesting elections
v/s Indian women contesting elections...
Now we know why Shashi Tharoor wants #IndiaPakistan
9:14 AM - Jul 22, 2018
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N@NiSharma12
https://twitter.com/NiSharma12/status/1021361762527055872
First 2 **** women politicians and last 2 Indian.
No wonder these JNU ites want to go to Pakistan
7:49 AM - Jul 23, 2018
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Some people even called out the sexist tweets:
Anumita@adagio_aria
https://twitter.com/adagio_aria/status/1021066243837648901
Bhakt men comparing Indian & Pakistani women politicians’ ‘looks’ and so smugly assuming they are super funny, can we tell you - ‘go to Pakistan’ , you retards??
12:15 PM - Jul 22, 2018
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Personal commentaries and comparisons have long been meted out to women attempting to do a job. The kind of commentary their male counterparts never have to receive.
While there is seemingly no end to misogyny in the country, people indulging in such commentary should note that the Indian women politicians they are seemingly dismissing as unattractive (as opposed to the Pakistani candidates) have both been Chief Ministers in their respective states.
Both Mayawati and Mamata Banerjee have led their own political parties to victory and are seasoned politicians with careers that span over two decades. Mayawati is the former CM of Uttar Pradesh and the chief of Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), while Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee is the present CM of West Bengal.
In 2011, a Washington Post article lambasted then Presidential candidate Sarah Palin for her 'unpresidential' clothes on the cover of a magazine. Such comments never seem to appear for male politicians.
In fact, just recently, alleged images of Croatia’s President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic went viral on social media. Although, it later turned out that the images were not really of Kitarovic, the rude commentary they attracted on the politician’s body, image and even her political calibre was shocking.
Michelle Baldwin@michellek107
https://twitter.com/michellek107/status/1018554318071291907
How the internet works: I can find more articles telling me that the president of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, is not the woman wearing the bikini (it was Coco) than I can find about her work as a president.
1:54 PM - Jul 15, 2018
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While there has been a marked increase in women's' participation in politics globally (albeit marginal in some cases), the world is still a long way from changing its attitudes towards the role of women in politics and diplomacy. Or women, in general.
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/as...al-media-couldnt-help-the-sexism-1823823.html
As Pakistan was busy with the elections, Indians saw a perfect opportunity to spew sexism on the microblogging site.
Rakhi Bose | News18.com
Updated:July 26, 2018, 7:08 AM IST
New Delhi: Pakistan concluded its third consecutive civilian election on July 25. With many media and analysts’ reports calling it the 'dirtiest' election in Pakistan ever, it seems that some of the filth has seeped into social media as well.
The latest elections have witnessed an unprecedented participation from women in Pakistan. Led partly by Pakistan’s Election Commission, which earlier specified that every party contesting elections needed to have 5 per cent of women candidates, a record 171 women contested for the 272 general seats in the National Assembly.
While the number, though low, is momentous considering the country’s history, what followed on social media was not impressive. As Pakistan was busy with the elections, Indians saw a perfect opportunity to spew sexism on the microblogging site.
Soon after some of the women candidates started campaigning, social media in India was abuzz with sexist comparisons with leaders at home.
Nimbu Masala
@NimbuMassalahttps://twitter.com/NimbuMassala/status/1021020622825062400
Pakistan women contesting elections
v/s Indian women contesting elections...
Now we know why Shashi Tharoor wants #IndiaPakistan
9:14 AM - Jul 22, 2018
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N@NiSharma12
https://twitter.com/NiSharma12/status/1021361762527055872
First 2 **** women politicians and last 2 Indian.
No wonder these JNU ites want to go to Pakistan
7:49 AM - Jul 23, 2018
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Some people even called out the sexist tweets:
Anumita@adagio_aria
https://twitter.com/adagio_aria/status/1021066243837648901
Bhakt men comparing Indian & Pakistani women politicians’ ‘looks’ and so smugly assuming they are super funny, can we tell you - ‘go to Pakistan’ , you retards??
12:15 PM - Jul 22, 2018
Twitter Ads info and privacy
Personal commentaries and comparisons have long been meted out to women attempting to do a job. The kind of commentary their male counterparts never have to receive.
While there is seemingly no end to misogyny in the country, people indulging in such commentary should note that the Indian women politicians they are seemingly dismissing as unattractive (as opposed to the Pakistani candidates) have both been Chief Ministers in their respective states.
Both Mayawati and Mamata Banerjee have led their own political parties to victory and are seasoned politicians with careers that span over two decades. Mayawati is the former CM of Uttar Pradesh and the chief of Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), while Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee is the present CM of West Bengal.
In 2011, a Washington Post article lambasted then Presidential candidate Sarah Palin for her 'unpresidential' clothes on the cover of a magazine. Such comments never seem to appear for male politicians.
In fact, just recently, alleged images of Croatia’s President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic went viral on social media. Although, it later turned out that the images were not really of Kitarovic, the rude commentary they attracted on the politician’s body, image and even her political calibre was shocking.
Michelle Baldwin@michellek107
https://twitter.com/michellek107/status/1018554318071291907
How the internet works: I can find more articles telling me that the president of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, is not the woman wearing the bikini (it was Coco) than I can find about her work as a president.
1:54 PM - Jul 15, 2018
Twitter Ads info and privacy
While there has been a marked increase in women's' participation in politics globally (albeit marginal in some cases), the world is still a long way from changing its attitudes towards the role of women in politics and diplomacy. Or women, in general.
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/as...al-media-couldnt-help-the-sexism-1823823.html
