Patriarchal societies place a massive strain on women to satisfy traditional roles, such as bringing up children and conducting household tasks. This tends to leave them with little time to concentrate on their own mental health. – Women are frequently socially conditioned to suppress their emotions and be submissive to men. By projecting unfair gender roles that often restrict how far women can go, patriarchy reinforces structural violence against women. Often, women are socially taught to repress their feelings and submit to males. The patriarchy fosters systemic violence against women by projecting unequal gender norms that frequently place limits on how far women may advance.
Women being left out of the pool of resources encourage male domination. Many aspects of our society contribute to the silence of women; it is ingrained in our culture that women should be quiet if they wish to maintain their morals and a sense of respect in society. Childhood enculturation, educational instructing, and lack of jurisdiction on the matters of women’s rights are playing a crucial role in this widespread issue. The social fabric of Pakistan consists of a family system in which the head is mostly (if not in all) the male of the family.
Women in Pakistan have been facing a trend of being silenced that is being down from generation to generation. Honor killing, giving up property rights and rape are some of the things that women have to face living in a ‘society of silence.’ Every day there are one too many cases of women being abused of their right to speak. The article focuses on the silence faced by females in Pakistan, the main factors that transmit this silence, and the role of the social structure of Pakistan in this cause. I have tried to highlight the prevailing culture of silencing women from a small scale to a broader scale. Feminist movements are working to call attention to the rights along with the factor that women are influenced by the elderly and the alphas of the family. Pakistan is considered the 3rd unsafe country for women to live in. Violence is the most thriving issue for women in Pakistan. The main reason for the widespread violence is poverty and ignorance.
Foreigners tend to associate Pakistani women’s sufferings with religious oppression, but the truth is far more complex. In strictly patriarchal societies like Pakistan, a certain mindset is firmly embedded. Poor and illiterate women must fight every day for basic rights, acknowledgment, and respect. They must live in a culture that defines them through the male figures in their lives, despite the fact that these women are frequently the primary breadwinner for their households. Silence takes place for a range of factors; most of us have our own sea of unaddressed statements. Being unable to tell your story is a sort of death, often metaphorical.
If no one chooses to believe you when you say your former husband is actively trying to torture and kill you if nobody understands you when you say you are in distress if no one hears you when you say help if you do not dare to say help if you have been taught not to trouble people by saying help. If you are considered out of line when you speak up in a meeting, are refused access to a position of authority, and are subjected to irrelevant criticism with the subtext that women should not be prevalent or heard. One’s life is safeguarded by stories. And one’s life is made up of stories. We are our stories; stories that can be both a prison and a crowbar used to smash open that jail’s door.
