A sarcastic Facebook post calling out gender inequality has gone viral and kicked off a debate on social media.
Facebook user, Azm Aftab, who lives in Rawalpindi, Pakistan posted a photograph of naan (bread) and salan (curry) and wrote a sarcastic post on how he did not lose his masculinity by heating up his own food.
He wrote, “Came home today and found my mother taking a nap and my wife praying. I was really hungry though but could it be true?
“I’d read on Facebook, that real men have their food warmed up by the women in the house. I was so worried. But I couldn't resist the pangs of hunger so slowly I mustered the courage to pour some salan in my plate. My manliness was still intact! Woah!
“I then proceeded to stick the plate in the microwave and set the timer for 2 minutes. And just like Allama Eminem said "His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy" I pushed the start button. I braced for my manliness to desert me any moment now and when I heard the beep beep beep sound I was sure it had happened. But instead it was the salan that was warm and I still didn’t feel any different.
“Bewildered, I took out the salan and threw the naan in the same microwave and when it came out warm as well and I still didn’t feel any different I knew something was wrong.
“What’s wrong is our understanding of masculinity. If you are scared of warming up your own damn food, consider it a woman's job and think that you deserve to be served by women then maybe you don’t deserve to be called a man.
Be a man. #KhanaKhudGaramKarLo!”
The post went viral. It has got over 9000 likes and 2800 shares.
And it became a talking point on social media.
