Motherhood is the most hypocritically celebrated construct. A million mother’s days per year. Oh women are so strong as they suffer so much for their children. In fact, the hallmark of a good mother is the one that suffers a lot, otherwise, are you a real mother without that suffer suffer ingredient? […]
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There is this stereotypic and patriarchal view of the fear or demeaning interpretation of the participation of young women in politics. This view has generationally been the bedrock of the sociopolitical subjugation of women in matters that affect them as much as the men in the society. Historically, the woman has been through numerous restrictions,
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Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has long been celebrated for its staunch commitment to freedom of expression. Over the years, Great Ife students have vigilantly upheld this principle through steadfast resistance against any encroachments on their freedom of expression. With the growing and recurring stabs to the historical prestige of this great citadel of learning
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I desperately wanted to join a cult, any cult, in part one. I’ve had my share of unfairness and injustice but nobody or nothing else made me want to join a cult group as much as the woman who gave birth to me. I wanted to see her get the same treatment she meted
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Conversations around women’s bodies and the idea of the ‘perfect victim’. … Last week Sunday, a medical students’ association WhatsApp group I am on had a discussion about a video of a young woman who on dressing “indecently” was harassed by a group of men while one guy tried fending off her harassors and she
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I have kissed many frogs in my life and while kissing them, I didn’t even know they were frogs. I was genuinely not aware, I thought there weren’t anything else to kiss, asides frogs. I really didn’t know anything about boys because my grandmother asked me to stay away from them, at least until I
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Heterosexual men have been taught and learned to depend on women to help them express their emotions. Many of us are unable to feel emotionally alive except through relationships with women. Perfect breeding for codependency & one of the reasons patriarchy loves women submitting. We use women to validate our masculinity and that contributes
My friend, Grace (not real name); Her mother died a few years ago. Grace is from Nsukka, Northern Igbo land in Nigeria. Before her mother died, she acted as though she was mentally ill. Rumor had it that her mother slept with other men aside from her husband and just before dying, she was made
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Let’s talk about Social Media and Feminism. If there is something Nigerian women should be grateful for, it is the ability to share our thoughts via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok. I mean, the chances that anybody harms you is next to nothing. You can be anonymous. Feminism in Nigeria gained momentum because of Social
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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