A TikTok user dug up an interview with Obaid-Chinoy claiming that she likes to make men uncomfortable. Indeed, they produced video where she said, “I like to make men uncomfortable. I enjoy making men uncomfortable. It is important to be able to look into the eyes of a man and say, I am here, and recognize that, and recognize that I am working to bring something that makes you uncomfortable, and it should make you uncomfortable because you need to change your attitude.”
Then they overlaid this clip with commentary about her work on “Star Wars”, claiming that “Star Wars” was somehow being ruined again.
This felt quite disingenuous and even Snopes had to get in on the fact-checking action. Obaid-Chinoy made this remark in 2015, almost a decade ago, at a forum where she was discussing her work. Prior to this exchange, a clip was played from her 2012 television show “Ho Yaqeen,” which dealt with the mistreatment of women in Pakistan, including brick kiln workers in the Pakistani Punjab province who had been subjected to severe physical and sexual abuse. Watching the forum and the context of the quote, it’s obvious that she was referring to the sort of men who would watch her documentaries and perpetrate such heinous acts.
Any thoughtful and enlightened person would agree that those sorts of men should be made to feel uncomfortable about their actions.