Everyone should know how to cook but what’s the right age to start learning? Singer and politician Abrar Ul Haq recently shared a video of a young girl, believed to be his daughter making roti which has led Pakistani twitter space divided as Abrar Linked cleaning and cooking to a specific gender.
Right age for the training 😊 pic.twitter.com/7qVs3bc02H
— Abrar Ul Haq (@AbrarUlHaqPK) November 25, 2021
A video of young girl who seems to be six or seven years old making roti in a kitchen shared by singer. He captained “right age for training” and quite a few people took issue with his choice of words.
Sociologist Nida Kirmani took account of the singer’s words and reminded even more that gol rotis are considered a symbol of “women’s oppression.” She also mentioned that while it certainly isn’t a crime against humanity for a child to make roti, context matters.
For many South Asian feminists, making the perfect gol roti is symbolic of women’s oppression; it is the bar against all women eventually get measured regardless of all their other skills & accomplishments. It is a monotonous task very rarely assigned to men.
— Nida Kirmani (@NidaKirmani) November 26, 2021
Some Twitter users wanted to remind the singer that cooking is a basic skill that everyone should know, regardless of gender.
We all really need to learn all primary skills of life irrespect of gender, Cooking and cleaning is a basic life skill set it’s not duty of specific gender. https://t.co/8Ed813l04V
— Aqsa Younas (@AqsaYounasRana) November 28, 2021
Some even cheekily questioned if Haq had been trained.
kaashi apki bhi hojati
— Laiq (@laiqqureshi) November 25, 2021
Several concerned Twitter users reminded him of the dangers of letting a young child stand near the stove.
That’s dangerous. Your child should be at least 9-10 years of age to be allowed near a stove or oven.
— shehar bano 🇵🇸 (@janetsnakhole) November 26, 2021
Earlier he was under extreme criticism before when he made a statement about mothers of this age and quoted song “Baby Shark”. After that episode the singer was called out for rendition of ‘Baby Shark’, inanely titled ‘Begum Shak Karti Hai.’
