Originally posted by: chicksoup
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.😊
Wanted to explain th eroad rage..
Suppose a biker tries to overtake a family in a car and endangers the family. The father gets out of the car and slaps the biker...would you take the dad to Police?
Hey chicksoup,
Laila and you are both friends here... So I'm not playing favourites.
Here's my view:
1. Not everyone thought the slap was wrong. Condoning behaviour or justifying it in itself suggests the person feels nothing's wrong with it. There was a VM which showed the slap and intentionally or unintentionally had lyrics in the background about "tere jism pe haq hai meri" - it did give me the creeps. More than the show itself, the aftermath of creative outpouring around how the slap could lead to a romantic situation in either fan fic (think there was one) or that video was worrying.
2. Regarding the consequences of actions... I don't know where this bit about going to jail for slapping someone came. I'm sorry if I misread it but that's what I understood from the post. If I got slapped or slapped someone I knew in anger or in a misunderstanding, I'm not going to report it to the police for sure and doubt they would report me for it. But I'm definitely going to tell them "hey, what I did was wrong" or "hey what you did was unacceptable" irrespective of whether I was under duress, or I thought the person was wrong. That would have great to hear from Zoya.. That while she understands his anger, it's not an acceptable way to vent.
From what happened, I got the message like she was trying to pretend nothing happened. But deep down she's affected. Maybe at a later point, they should talk about it.
3. Don't know if its the tone of the post that makes you feel like the audience are being underrated, but Laila, correct me here, I'm sure that's not intentional. Please do clarify though 😃
4. Regarding what's misleading the youth: actually too many things! 😆 But then again, not all youth. Some are more prone than the others. With prime time broadcast, the audience is more general. So, in a perfect world, creatives would self regulate. In the real world, organisations like IBF and BCCC do. And as citizens, you and I are free to write to them 😃
5. Regarding road rage, I wouldn't take my dad to the cops. Again, I didn't get the reference to cops here. But I would definitely ask my dad politely to get a grip, and if he didn't stop, then yell and last resort, stand between him and the biker. I've done it once and I will do it again.
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