THIS is with reference to the article, Stop staring (July 13).

I fully accede with the author’s views about the treatment that females get in our society. Girls colleges are the best examples where females find it impossible to egress without facing the disgusting incessant stares. Perhaps this is the only duty that man fulfills with complete responsibility.

But what is the solution to this problem? In my opinion “tit for tat” cannot always work. How many people can you stop from ogling by ogling back at them? In most of the cases it will be you who will have to tolerate the comments and bear the sentences that cannot cause any harm to the people but can raise your blood pressure for sure.

I think this is where ignorance works. It is not because we have accepted it as a ‘norm’ of society but it’s because we have realized that this dilemma is because of lack of education. The solution is education and properly following the teachings of Islam.

My statements may be astringent but let me put one question. Have we looked upon us before blaming others? Are we not responsible for inviting the stares of the opposite sex? Tight jeans, trousers, short shirts are enough to attract others. Men can’t help by llook at girls with such clothes on.

Let us recall what our Tele-media (films and television) shows us. The clothes that leave the body half-naked are termed as ‘fashion’. It is this element that these boys and men try to find around them. True that this staring is also equally there for the head-covered girls in abaya but the initiating force that has spoilt our society is our so-called ‘modernization’.

Islam has also given the meaning of liberty that we take is wrong.

QURAT-UL-AIN INAYAT
Karachi