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Who Is 'Ayah Long', Why Is He Trending On Twitter & Why Are People Flustered By His Rules?
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It's 2020. By now you'd think that men who think women are below them and as such should wait on them hand and foot would have gone extinct.
But apparently not.
Some guy with the Twitter handle @wanyusri16 shared his "Ayah Long" i.e. eldest uncle's house rules during meals and it got a lot of attention.
The rules include archaic ideas like "men should eat first while women 'standby' to see what's enough and what's not" and "men aren't allowed to take their plates away or do the dishes once they're done eating".
Bila makan di rumah Ayah Long. Ada peraturan yang mana lelaki mesti suka.1. Air basuh tangan kena ada2. Lelaki makan dulu, wanita standby tengok apa tak cukup.3. Apa yg tak cukup, wanita yg cukupkan.4. Sudah makan, laki tak dibenarkan angkat pingga ke sinki atau cuci. pic.twitter.com/XTkWdicnOq— وان عبدالله يسري (@wanyusri16) October 8, 2020
At first, we thought he was just seeking attention (he probably is, who knows?) but it's still disturbing that his tweets mention things like "Ada peraturan yang mana lelaki mesti suka" (there are rules that men would definitely like), and "membahagiakan suami itu kunci syurga" (making a husband happy is the key to heaven).
Some were amused, others...not so much
From the way he worded his tweets, it seemed like he kind of agreed with the adat (tradition) and thinks it's acceptable to be practiced even these days.
NEWS FLASH: It's not and Malaysians were, of course, more than happy to enlighten him on the issue.
shamsiah fakeh, aishah ghani, khatijah sidek, siti rahmah kassim, janaky athi nahappan, suriani abdullah, fatimah hashim & many other great women didnt fight for our country’s freedom & women’s rights for ur ayah long to do this. https://t.co/gQiJrkKIV9— freyr (@sunfloweraidil) October 8, 2020
Enda pls blink twice if you wanna escape from ayah long ? https://t.co/FWKpVXkmSp— sonja⁷? (@sonjajajah) October 8, 2020
To all the girls out there, if you happen to see your bf/ crush-es retweeted this ?. You better think twice because I think you deserved better. While we are living in the era of gender equality, looks like many who agreed with Ayah Long still living in the zaman purba. https://t.co/qfhyfcjS3K— Kelvin Siew (@sswkelvin) October 8, 2020
Lmaoo when ppl were talking abt ayah long i thought they were talking abt ismail sabri! Whatever lah dedua kuno dan patut pupus— cc (@cocorello) October 8, 2020
im good if he’s just trying to share his own experience with his Ayah Long or whatsoever, but the “lelaki mesti suka” and the fact that he support it is so wrong. bold of him to assume and say that at the first place— nah (@nahlahrsl) October 8, 2020
People are living in 2020, but this Ayah Long is still living in zaman jahiliah ???? https://t.co/11cWLgbD9K— Sporayora⁷ (@SporaYora2) October 8, 2020
It’s about time for Ayah Long to be joining Ayah Pin somewhere, I don’t know where, but somewhere, most importantly not here, not today. https://t.co/N8l2O1411a— Z (@hashamezzakwan) October 8, 2020
Bro, if I go to your ayah long's house, I'm going to eat together with the men on the same table!To girls, don't marry this kind of man. Kalau dalam family dia ada this kind of adat, most probably, you will be the victim. Just saying https://t.co/31GIsx7htr— 幸せ (@aainaa_chan) October 8, 2020
In fact, the thread got so much attention that it started trending on Twitter.ayah long should watch this videooooooooo! ? https://t.co/LIdxsyUCj8— ɐuɐıɹpɐ (@nishadrna) October 8, 2020
We get that sometimes it's hard to change some of the adat that older generation follow, but you should just wash your own plates even if kene marah and help bring a positive change lah.
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