Hania Aamir slams online culture of turning women’s bodies into ‘punchlines’

Neither is calling it humour.”Aamir drew a clear distinction between criticism and cruelty. “You can have a take.

You can be funny,” she wrote, “but there is a very clear line between commentary and turning a woman's existence into content.”She also pointed to the influence wielded by public figures and content creators, warning that their words could shape how audiences viewed such behaviour.“Words have consequences beyond the moment they are said.

Especially when they come from people with large platforms,” she wrote. “You are not speaking into a void.

You are shaping what other people think is normal, funny and acceptable.”Aamir extended that responsibility to audiences as well, arguing that likes, views and shares could end up rewarding the very content people claimed to oppose.“We cannot keep demanding better from society while simultaneously rewarding the very behaviour we claim to be against,” she said.Her central message was direct: “Women are not public property.

Their bodies are not public commentary.

Their faces are not public discourse.

And honestly, we should have evolved past this by now.”She closed by urging people to stop engaging with such content altogether. “Stop giving this kind of content your attention.

Stop making a spectacle out of women and calling it entertainment,” she wrote, before adding, “We can do better than this.”Aamir did not name anyone in her post.

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