Difference between zina for men and women
I recently attended a miqaat, and afterwards, I was sitting with a few of my friends in the masjid compound just having a good time.... Out of nowhere, this Aamil saheb came over and told us to come inside... My friends, being pretty religious, basically dragged me along to sit and listen to the sabak... the session was focused almost entirely on sex education, specifically targeting masturbation to start off... It began with the topic of janabat and ehtelam, where the janab went into full detail listing out various horrific "azaabs" for masturbation, which apparently depended on the different locations where the act was committed...But then he shifted the discussion to zina (adultery/fornication), and that's where things took a totally bizarre turn...He told the room that for a woman, simply looking at a man and imagining things is counted as zina, along with making some absurd claims about physical intimacy during periods... But when it came to men? He claimed that for a man, it only actually counts as zina if full penetration takes place...
I was sitting there completely dumbfounded, just thinking, "What the actual hell am I listening to?" The double standard was so outrageously misogynistic that I was ready to call him out and confront him right then and there... My friend caught on to my reaction and quickly stopped me before I could say anything. Honestly, I couldn't bear to sit through another second of that brainwashing and hypocrisy... So, the moment he paused his speech to answer an incoming phone call, I stood straight up and walked right out in front of his face. The whole experience left such a bad taste in my mouth, and it's crazy to me that people are sitting in these spaces listening to this kind of logic without batting an eye.