Bigots target Malala Yousafzai for being pictured at Oxford in a pair of jeans

It doesn’t matter what you do, you can’t win over trolls, the online version of ‘woh char log’ who feel the need to denigrate everything. Even winning a Nobel Prize doesn’t shield you from the hatred, as Malala Yousafzai learnt.

Malala, who began her course at Oxford, received backlash from misogynist bigots who couldn’t deal with the fact that a woman’s sartorial choices are simply her own.

A photo showing Malala wearing jeans went viral, and a lot of trolls fumed about her wearing a pair of jeans, heeled boots and bomber jacket with one ‘journalist’ even commenting that was the reason the ‘bullet directly targeted her head long time ago’. However, others were quick to stand up for Malala and her right to wear clothes of her choice. 

Another compared her to pornstar Mia Khalifa. Malala was shot in head by Taliban gunmen for her campaign for girls’ right to education and she went on to win a Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

Malala is the most famous Pakistani and the most respected Pakistani globally. Period.

If you are not proud of her, that's on you.

— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) October 18, 2017

Mia khalifa part 2

— Waqas (@Waqas63763812) October 16, 2017

That was the reason the bullet directly targeted her head long time ago.#MalalaYousafzai #UK pic.twitter.com/M1DGEhLwho

— Muhammad Waqas Awan (@Waqas6671) October 15, 2017

She is not daughter of PAKISTAN BUT ILLEGITIMATE

— musaharoon (@musaharoon1) October 17, 2017

Finally, a picture of @Malala where she is just being a normal young woman
It's quite remarkable how her head is always covered... pic.twitter.com/IIkTjaygxl

— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) October 15, 2017

Well, she is just a drama queen dictated by his father.
Taliban never was against girls education. They just didnt want western style of it

— Mullah Awesome (@Faesal_Ah) October 16, 2017

More people lost their minds over Malala wearing jeans than when she got shot. Our priorities demonstrate why we are our own worst enemy.

— Imaan Mazari-Hazir (@ImaanZHazir) October 17, 2017

Malala Yousafzai photographed wearing jeans and all the haters go wild. This mentality is what keeps nations and societies in decline. pic.twitter.com/5ZtuEGwA6p

— Marium Soomro (@Marium_Soomro) October 16, 2017

Pakistan has expressed greater outrage over Malala wearing jeans than her getting shot in the head. Figures.

— hikmat (@hikmatinho) October 17, 2017

You know the world's a pretty sad place when more people are outraged at #Malala wearing jeans and boots than being shot in the face.
Mad.

— McCormicksGogglebox (@McCormicksGogg1) October 18, 2017