As a Nigerian, have you ever imagined a world where women asked for men’s hands in marriage and men were asked to stay at home and care for the children? As a male, have you ever imagined getting arrested for masturbating? What if you were living in an alternate universe where men acted women’s roles …
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An average number of ten thousand cases of rape occur every day in Nigeria only. While 5% sought help, just 3.8% got help. Most of these rape victims that AREN’T DEAD struggle with depression and other kinds of mental health related problems due to stigmatisation. Why are my emphasis on these numbers, you might want …
Sometimes this year, something similar to this 12k restaurant saga also happened to me. It was the first time and I was calm throughout because luckily, I had backup. I don’t care if we’re meeting in an open space or whatever. As long as I’m meeting someone with a penis, with anyone who identifies …
The police uniform is a symbol of oppression, not only in Nigeria but all over the world. Anybody that has decided to wear any state uniform has taken a side and it is the side of the state, the oppressors. Their job literally is to suppress you, oppress you, beat you, unjustly arrest you, …
Pretty or beautiful is a subjective adjective and I’ve always thought I had a pretty face but not a pretty body… Until recently. And my confidence spiked, and I’ve been regaling in all my sensuality. This year, however, I’ve been getting a lot of male attention especially on the streets and it has, in …
Y’know, I met a man yesterday, and I feel the need to make it known that he is a CORE muslim. I honestly almost cancelled that meeting because of the experiences and feelings I have had and attached to Islam. I have never really met or known Muslims who are open minded and wouldn’t already …
First of all, I’ll open the floor by saying Simi’s WOMAN should blow more than it did and be getting awards upon awards but nah, it’s a patriarchal society and she herself “no be woman” by singing this song. How dare she? I was born in 1996 and I’m in my right to say …
THE SEVEN NECESSARY SINS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. 1. ANGER: You must be very angry at patriarchy. 2. ATTENTION: Command attention, you deserve it. 3. PROFANITY: You should freely say “fuck.” 4. AMBITION: Take up space and own it. 5. POWER: Aspire to have it. 6. VIOLENCE: Do not hesitate to choose vawulence. 7. LUST: …
2023 ELECTIONS: ARE WOMEN ‘TOO’ EMOTIONAL TO RULE NIGERIA? I will answer this question from the psychological perspective, social perspective and the scientific perspective in a random order blended together to give off a sweet savour or a malodorous stench that will almost choke you to death depending on whether you discriminate on the …
I never knew a day would come that I would ever feel something like pity or something invariably close to that emotion for a sexist but one day, I genuinely felt pity for one. You don’t need to know how I ended up in this guy’s apartment alright? We’d never met, it was …