A major issue with social media accounts nowadays is that anyone can claim to be an ‘influencer’. Few genuinely set examples for motivating and inspiring the masses. But others have absolutely no idea of the responsibility that falls on them when they take up this role.
YogiOabs has created quite a buzz all across social media for the past couple of days now. Avishek Saha, the man behind this insensitive series which has expressed extreme misogyny, sexism, and homophobia, seems to have proudly acknowledged it all.
A self-proclaimed motivational speaker who is determined to ‘teach women how to behave’ while ‘inspiring men how to be manly’, is also the creator of a merchandise line named ‘Anti-Feminist Apparel’.
So what exactly is the problem? Is he just another one of those who believe that “pseudo-feminism” doesn’t match up to the traditional ideals of “feminism”? Well not exactly. His posts don’t spread hate. Instead, they preach.
Patriarchy has been a subject of debate since times immemorial. Feminists all across the world have been fighting for women’s rights, trying to balance out the differences that the gender roles have created.
Over the years, the idea of equality has been accepted in phases and gender has been labeled as a social construct.
Feminism as a movement has evolved over the years according to the changing circumstances. Each wave has contributed to women getting emancipated further.
However, the patriarchal mentality still seems to be ingrained amongst the masses. And there are few, who happily volunteer to voice them out aloud.
Why Is The Mentality Problematic?
To begin with, the prejudice that his accounts try to express is extremely disturbing. It has been projected in a way that conveys a need to provide people with a tutorial to train some creature (aka women). That is what the status of women has been reduced to here.
Age-old traditions of sex roles that clearly define a women’s place is in the kitchen have been quoted, appreciated and even publicized to the extent of making a merchandise line out of it.
The struggle that feminists have gone through to shatter all the biases and stereotypes of these gender roles for years is nothing more than a big mistake according to the account.
To top it all, the very concept of ‘consent’ has been ridiculed and reduced to an incomplete dialogue. Of course women after all hardly mean what they say! One should never assume that they are capable of rejecting something or someone on a serious note.
But it is difficult to say what he wants to convey. The man who considers consent to be nothing more than a response to delay a proposal also states that ‘the only safe sex is sex within marriage’. To avoid this confusion it is best that a woman keeps shut and does just as her man orders around!
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Is It Too Far-Fetched?
If I keep aside my judgment regarding how disturbing the content is, unrealistic is probably the next word that comes to my mind to describe it.
There is no doubt about the existence of a crowd that insists on feminism being a futile attempt by women to raise their voices against all the inequality that they face.
However, the opinion here seems to be quite different than the usual products of ignorance and privilege. It is more of a dominant voice that is just too blind to the world around.
Even if a man does believe in the fact that patriarchy should be the order of the day, publicizing it in the way he does is extremely unusual in the 21st century.
It looks like the man was on a hunt for popularity. And one of the quickest ways to get attention today is to disagree with a widespread and sensitive topic. After all, his followers did start increasing right after 24 hours of him hitting the headlines.
However, nothing justifies the type of content he has been creating and posting. Women across the world have been struggling to make a place of their own amidst all the biases that have continued to restrict their actions.
Patriarchy and its effects on the society isn’t a preposterous concept to be fooled with. What probably is just a stunt of publicity for him might end up becoming a terrible example for many, leading to appalling consequences.
The highlights of his Instagram account even comprised the results of this. What he called #transformedwomen was a series of women who claimed to have understood and acknowledged the male supremacy. Some even went to the extent of apologizing to him for having led a liberal life this long.
As of now, people have only been successful in shutting down his Instagram account. His YouTube page which has around 50k subscribers and his Twitter page whose content is even more haunting is up there.
People continue with their struggle to report both and erase the presence of such toxic content on social media.
It is this misogynist mentality that women have been fighting against, trying to convey that it is not right to normalize such behaviour even as a matter of joke. In a dreadful turn of events, it may even cost someone their life.
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