The media is a very powerful source of socialization and if you've taken the time to study basic Sociology and Psychology, you will know that there are plenty of studies to telling us that what people see on television and form and reinforce certain ideas and opinions. Therefore to just say this is a fictional show and no-one including the public have no right to speak out is in itself a form of censorship and tragically a rather dangerous approach to take.
Laila,
What idea does one get while watching Asad slapping Zoya?
The only idea we all get is that Asad slapped Zoya in anger...it is a flaw in his character.No one praises him for it. And I bet even you won't take random person who hits out at another person in even road rage to the police station. I guess you'd rather try to settle things between thh two parties, as a mediator.
So also, if you see a brother hitting a sister, when he finds she is using drugs...would you bring him to book? You wouldn't be able to justify his action, but it does not warrant a strong action.
It is the same we feel with Asad and Zoya.
It looked like she threatened his Ammi's life with her actions...so he reacted. He does not have to go to jail for it.
Similarly, for Dilshad , Asad has made a very SERIOUS ACCUSATION against his dad without waiting to hear HIS SIDE OF THE STORY...the wife hit out, because she feared for her husband...
The mother hit out because she realised her son was one-track minded...he was putting other people's lives in danger here...esp when she knows how dangerous Rashid's situation actually is...
Do you seriously feel that any girl out there will take the message that it is good to keep silent when someone hits you...wife beating thrives because the women are scared to respond. Zoya definitely did not give any of us that message.
Please don't underrate the women or girls who are watching the show...
You can speak out...NO PROBLEM.
You can say that you don't like to see a woman getting slapped by a man...and I can say that item songs in movies are misleading our youth...I simply feel I have a more valid point...you don't have to agree with me.😊