Over a single incident at Baufal, reported in The Daily Star of 13th August, 2008, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad has demanded of the government to introduce another new law to punish the husbands, though such laws have already been enacted for our justice dispensation system. Even then we welcome their proposals, but should it be again another one-sided law like that of the law for prevention of repression against women and children? A law has to be just, equitable and must be applicable to both sexes in equal terms. Are all the women angels and do they not commit crimes against men, other women and in particular their husbands?
Mostly innocent men are bearing the brunt of the above law. The law itself is brutal and it's been made so easy for women to apply to harass and punish their men at their sweet will as and when they like. Laws are meant for the welfare of the human society and are supposed to bring about a balance between the sexes.
I have witnessed a few cases in my local P.S. where some women were getting their husbands bashed up mercilessly by the police.
Troubles in family life usually start with betrayal by either of the partners. Do we have any such law to punish a woman for betraying her husband? How can there be a compromise in this most sensitive area of conjugal life? Just to create a wholesome society and clean family life, Islam has put certain conditions for both men and women to abide by.
But unfortunately our women's rights bodies never preach and counsel women to be loyal and sympathetic to their husbands, who have the sole responsibility of winning the bread for the family. Women have no financial responsibility.
So let there be another hundred laws to protect and empower women but at the same time introduce new laws to ensure a cleaner society and punish women for their wrong doings. Only the sufferers know how far a woman can go to destroy a family and a man's aspirations! How cruel and heartless she can be to satisfy her ego! The Mahila Parishad was never heard to be advising women to be good and ideal mothers, reminding them of their responsibilities and marital commitments; rather they only provoke them against men. They want to have all the laws on their side to challenge men and empower them against men only. Mahila Parishad never advises the government to bar women from doing menial and manual jobs meant for men only. They also do not protest when women protesters on the road are physically harassed and molested by the male police. We don't want our mothers and sisters to be dishonoured in public. This is totally non-Islamic and considered a sin.
Let us not achieve modernity at the cost of family life and destabilise society.