As regards some of the restrictions above, I've seen where they were broken in the space of 5years. night duty, field work for female officers etc, and they do very well
Of a truth, this constitution needs a heavy upgrade from 2.0-30.0
Don't want go into the religious aspect even if I smell the undertone there.
You are here crying about the discrimination in the law, how about that in christianity? Eg.... A woman can NEVER EVER be conferred the Role of a Priest, Pope or a Vicar in a catholic/anglican church. Any position of top authority is reserved for men. Even apostle paul says he doesn't permit women to speak in public, that they should KEEP QUIET when Men are talking. You can call it discrimination, I call it "A Mans world" :-) #NB: all these talks of discrimination is all Bull shi-t, there is now law anywhere that says a Man could be a Billionaire & a woman a millionaire. Opportunities abound for both gender, we all should to strive for the best.
What difference has that made. Does that stop any man from loving them or hating them. This trend is what I called mara amfani ne. Women always wanted free things. Despite the so called laws,there are women contesting for chariman of a LG,governorship election etc. So many are doing what Men are doing. Any woman that supports all these trash is a very lazy woman.is another way of being dependent. They always want things done for them.as far as I'm concerned,nobody is restticting anybody of doing anything inspite of what LAW or whatever. O boy if you want your wife to rule over you,its your choice.no one its holding you.
Wow! This is equivalent to a black person defending the enslavement of his people. I find it hard to believe you're a woman.
I am neither in support nor against the laws, I am neutral. Before any law can be reviewed,it's pertinent to weigh the pros and cons. And please cut me some slacks on these feminist issue for the fact that a certain law doesn't favour a particular gender doesn't make it wrong. It's just an unbiased insight to societal issues.
The reason why I stated 70% of males in the world are intact is for you to ask yourself how often you have heard of 70% of males complain of genital issues arising from hygiene.
I also attached a meme showing some statistics in my original post. Study it.
I've got more numbers for you: About 80% of males in Europe are intact. The number of intact men in the US has risen to about 50%.
The foreskin doesn't require much to clean. Just pull it backward n clean while showering. It's that simple.
By the way, ever asked yourself what your ear and ear lobes are for? Think about it.
There are varying types of FGM. There's the procedure that cuts completely the labia for hygiene reasons. Dirt hides there n makes the P stink. That's a good reason for MGM right? Or is there a better approach? Is it more human to teach the girls good hygiene? Sure it is!
How about teaching the boys good hygiene? God forbids that right?
Finally, the foreskin contains many times more nerve endings than the cleet. Read more and enlighten yourself.
Just so you know, we genitally mutilate boys in this country just because a Rabbi says so.
Mikollon1: These are a few ways the Nigeria descrimates against men.
1. MALE GENITAL MUTILATION. Do you know that about 70% of males in the world are intact I.e. not genitally mutilated? Our constitution bars FGM but MGM is okay. Some will say GOD okays MGM. Well, GOD didn't okay it. The white man just told us his GOD okays it and despite our education, we're still stupid to know better. Our traditional religion told us our GOD okays FGM. With education, we've realised that practice is bad. Yet we weren't afraid of applying it because it has to do with the girl child. The one that has to do with the male child, who cares?
2. MEN AFFAIRS Ghana has a Ministry of Gender Affairs. Nigeria has a Ministry of Women Affairs. Ghaninians are smarter than us in this regard.
3. RAPE Nobody cares when a woman rapes a man.
4. VIOLENCE A banker in lagos severed her husband's manhood because he was broke. The story was in all major blogs yet no one batted an eyelid. The woman was invited to the station and was given an earful by the police but no charges were filled. Infact, a radio station in PH had it achors laugh at the man.
5. LIFE WORTH The worth of a male life is less than that of a female's. In 2014, BH attacked 2 coed schools. They killed and kidnapped some school boys only. The number of school boys kidnapped in both episodes are about 200. How many times have you heard of BRINGBACKOURBOYS or BRINGBACKOURBOYSANDGIRLS?
6. EMPLOYMENT All job seekers know female applicants are given extra marks. For example, a coy wants 10 people and the top 10 test scorers are all male. If the last male i.e. the 10 male scored 73% while the cut off was 70% and a female scored 70%, that female will be chosen and the male will be dropped.
7. MARRIAGE Bride price? List? Is the man free of charge? Nobody forces a woman to take the man's name. Both surnames can be hyphenated: NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA OMOTOLA JALADE-EKEINDE DIEZANI ALLISON-MADUEKE
I think parts of our constitution is sexist against women though.
Women should work at night. Women should be allowed to be foot soldiers on the frontlines. They should be the main MOPOL officers for female politicians. No male MOPOL should protect female politicians.
CFCman: Marital rape Can a man rape his wife? Yes, but not in Nigeria. Under the Nigerian criminal law, a man cannot rape his wife. Section 182 of the Penal Code provides that “sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife is not rape if she has attained puberty.” Those advocating for recognition of marital rape claim that this provision condones defilement of young girls.
Onerous burden of proof in sexual offenses Section 221 of the Criminal Code, which deals with defilement of girls less than 16 years, stipulates that a person cannot be convicted of the offence of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl being of or above thirteen years and under sixteen years of age; or knowing a woman or girl to be an idiot or slowpoke, has or attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of her, upon the uncorroborated testimony of one witness.
Indecent assaults on males and females The Criminal Code discriminates against women on the issue of punishment against personal assaults. If you assault a man, it is a felony (serious offense). If you assault a woman, it is a misdemeanor (less serious offense). Section 353 of the Criminal Code provides that “Any person who unlawfully and indecently assaults any male person is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for three years. The offender cannot be arrested without warrant.” Conversely, Section 360 provides that “Any person who unlawfully and indecently assaults a woman or girl is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is liable to imprisonment for two years.”
Nigerian constitution as it is right now is useless because to me that is a military decree. It need to be discarded and replaced with new constitution. For God's sake why will Nigeria still using constitution written by the military in civilian government no insane country can do that so it's time to sit down and come up with a new constitution that reflect democratic systems of governance not this part military and part democratic systems.
Mikollon1: These are a few ways the Nigeria descrimates against men.
1. MALE GENITAL MUTILATION. Do you know that about 70% of males in the world are intact I.e. not genitally mutilated? Our constitution bars FGM but MGM is okay. Some will say GOD okays MGM. Well, GOD didn't okay it. The white man just told us his GOD okays it and despite our education, we're still stupid to know better. Our traditional religion told us our GOD okays FGM. With education, we've realised that practice is bad. Yet we weren't afraid of applying it because it has to do with the girl child. The one that has to do with the male child, who cares?
2. MEN AFFAIRS Ghana has a Ministry of Gender Affairs. Nigeria has a Ministry of Women Affairs. Ghaninians are smarter than us in this regard.
3. RAPE Nobody cares when a woman rapes a man.
4. VIOLENCE A banker in lagos severed her husband's manhood because he was broke. The story was in all major blogs yet no one batted an eyelid. The woman was invited to the station and was given an earful by the police but no charges were filled. Infact, a radio station in PH had it achors laugh at the man.
5. LIFE WORTH The worth of a male life is less than that of a female's. In 2014, BH attacked 2 coed schools. They killed and kidnapped some school boys only. The number of school boys kidnapped in both episodes are about 200. How many times have you heard of BRINGBACKOURBOYS or BRINGBACKOURBOYSANDGIRLS?
6. EMPLOYMENT All job seekers know female applicants are given extra marks. For example, a coy wants 10 people and the top 10 test scorers are all male. If the last male i.e. the 10 male scored 73% while the cut off was 70% and a female scored 70%, that female will be chosen and the male will be dropped.
7. MARRIAGE Bride price? List? Is the man free of charge? Nobody forces a woman to take the man's name. Both surnames can be hyphenated: NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA OMOTOLA JALADE-EKEINDE DIEZANI ALLISON-MADUEKE
I think parts of our constitution is sexist against women though.
Women should work at night. Women should be allowed to be foot soldiers on the frontlines. They should be the main MOPOL officers for female politicians. No male MOPOL should protect female politicians.
You will do well to create a new thread to do justice to this issue of male genital circumcision. Your spam-posting is not furthering this topics conversation.
Chukzyfcb: You are here crying about the discrimination in the law, how about that in christianity? Eg.... A woman can NEVER EVER be conferred the Role of a Priest, Pope or a Vicar in a catholic/anglican church. Any position of top authority is reserved for men. Even apostle paul says he doesn't permit women to speak in public, that they should KEEP QUIET when Men are talking. You can call it discrimination, I call it "A Mans world" :-) #NB: all these talks of discrimination is all Bull shi-t, there is now law anywhere that says a Man could be a Billionaire & a woman a millionaire. Opportunities abound for both gender, we all should to strive for the best.
Sweetheart there is also no law saying a white man could be a billionaire and a black a millionaire, but the reality even in this 21st century tells you otherwise. Sure there is Dangote but after that who else? Do you know how many white billionaires there are? Ponder upon that.
the jobbing markets who is it favoring now? is it not you female!
you people have many opportunities in this country more than the men but yet keep talking RUBBISH!
I guess you want us to cut all our manhood and give it to you BEFORE you will know if this Constitution is actually favouring ya FOOLISH WOMEN well! even if we cut our manhood you people will still complain.
talk talk talk
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You really did not address any point. You sound like a political party supporter. You know those people who say "If you don't like that xyz person is ruling then move to Ghana", when their ideas or opinions are criticized. Or "isn't it your xyz tribe or religion that is getting most of the appointments or full so and so sector" when confronted about discrimination or oppression.
Nobody is asking for your manhood. Nobody asked the whiteman to paint his skin black before he learnt to give the black man justice and respect.
nkemdi89: That of the police has to do with the job which officers and men of the regimented organisation has to obey,by getting pregnant without marriage doesn't speak well of a serving personnel as that may impede your performance in the job, the need for marriage approval is to document when you will be on maternity leave so as to make for another personnel to fill your duty post, also vetting is important for spouse in order to avoid a serving female personnel getting married to someone with criminal tendency as it's expected couples shares every secret. Why should a non police man prefers living in a barracks? Get a suitable accommodation, it's the duty of the man to provide accommodation for his family,in as much officers it's never conducive for a female to perform night duty except on exceptional reasons concerning a female suspect. A man can not rape his wife according to the bible they are one body.
Listen I'm a woman, but isn't it discriminatory to not vet the spouse of male police officers? They're already enough cases of domestic abuse against men. Don't you think that they should be afforded equal protection and consideration under the police Academy laws?
lezz: Thank you bro. I was still reading his misguided , ill thought-out claims until I came across your response. Nice one.
All I see is positive discrimination.
What is positive about.. -not allowing a woman to grant her husband and children citizenship -beating your wife -banning women from working at night -disparate laws applied to female officers
lezz: [b]*The idea of disallowing foreign men who married Nigerian women from being citizens of this country is welcomed The emotional vulnerability of women should rob them of this right. Not mentioning a vast majority who suffer from bad judgement.
* Women shouldn't work at night: there's rape out there. Since women are physically weaker and more blunt in perceiving real dangers, they should stay away from night duties.
* In the instance the father is alive and sound, a mother has no business giving consent of marriage. Women have proven to be taken by the jazz of emotions and quicksilver approach to life.
* The police is right in some restrictions of its female members.
*Rape is a serious crime of which punishment is severe. Burden of proof should be tough. "It is better for 10 guilty men to go unpunished than one innocent man to suffer in the hands of the law"
Since women could and have actually screamed rape when there was none, burden of proof should be made difficult as well.
All the other submissions are still subject to judicial interpretation with basic human rights and dignity setting the perceived discrimination aright.
All I see is positive discrimination. [/b]
I will address your number one directly. I'm guessing you're not opposed to white women giving men and their children citizenship even though they're prone to emotional vulnerability.
Seeing that statistics show that men are more prone to pack up and leave the family, maybe for another woman etc. Mothers more than not stay and shoulder the children. That there are lot more single mothers than fathers is a testament to this. Somehow these women who are obviously clear headed and determined for their families suffer from "emotional vulnerability" than the men who bail on them.
Most Feminist are misguided set of individuals, the don't even know the main aim, history, theory, mission and vision of Feminism... The just shout gender equality up and down.... Only very few knows exactly what Gender Equality and Feminism is talking about
Pls enlighten us. Your post is a little short to deduce much.
You really did not address any point. You sound like a political party supporter. You know those people who say "If you don't like that xyz person is ruling then move to Ghana", when their ideas or opinions are criticized. Or "isn't it your xyz tribe or religion that is getting most of the appointments or full so and so sector" when confronted about discrimination or oppression.
Nobody is asking for your manhood. Nobody asked the whiteman to paint his skin before he learnt to give the black man justice and respect.
what are you talking about?
who is oppressing You?
if you still think the white man give justice and respect to the black man then I think something is wrong with your HEAD.
why do you think racism is still at is highest peak in the US?
haven't you wonder why he was murdered AFTER he pass that slavery law?
the female right you are fighting for is nothing but greed and selfishness!
you already have all the right but can't use it because ya can't THINK straight and don't have goal in LIfe.
do you know what the average female always think About?
go to sch, FINISH, and get a rich man who can marry them and sit at home watching TV while the man will come if not probably cook for her.
Mikollon1: These are a few ways the Nigeria descrimates against men.
1. MALE GENITAL MUTILATION. Do you know that about 70% of males in the world are intact I.e. not genitally mutilated? Our constitution bars FGM but MGM is okay. Some will say GOD okays MGM. Well, GOD didn't okay it. The white man just told us his GOD okays it and despite our education, we're still stupid to know better. Our traditional religion told us our GOD okays FGM. With education, we've realised that practice is bad. Yet we weren't afraid of applying it because it has to do with the girl child. The one that has to do with the male child, who cares?
2. MEN AFFAIRS Ghana has a Ministry of Gender Affairs. Nigeria has a Ministry of Women Affairs. Ghaninians are smarter than us in this regard.
3. RAPE Nobody cares when a woman rapes a man.
4. VIOLENCE A banker in lagos severed her husband's manhood because he was broke. The story was in all major blogs yet no one batted an eyelid. The woman was invited to the station and was given an earful by the police but no charges were filled. Infact, a radio station in PH had it achors laugh at the man.
5. LIFE WORTH The worth of a male life is less than that of a female's. In 2014, BH attacked 2 coed schools. They killed and kidnapped some school boys only. The number of school boys kidnapped in both episodes are about 200. How many times have you heard of BRINGBACKOURBOYS or BRINGBACKOURBOYSANDGIRLS?
6. EMPLOYMENT All job seekers know female applicants are given extra marks. For example, a coy wants 10 people and the top 10 test scorers are all male. If the last male i.e. the 10 male scored 73% while the cut off was 70% and a female scored 70%, that female will be chosen and the male will be dropped.
7. MARRIAGE Bride price? List? Is the man free of charge? Nobody forces a woman to take the man's name. Both surnames can be hyphenated: NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA OMOTOLA JALADE-EKEINDE DIEZANI ALLISON-MADUEKE
I think parts of our constitution is sexist against women though.
Women should work at night. Women should be allowed to be foot soldiers on the frontlines. They should be the main MOPOL officers for female politicians. No male MOPOL should protect female politicians.
I went through your profile topics to see if I was giving a redundant advice and to see if you had any post already so I could enlighten myself and contribute but I see you have none. What is the purpose of this your post because in my opinion it did not add to the discourse. Were you trying to detract from the topic? Tell women to shut up about their own and focus on your own? Say the issues outlined by the op are irrelevant? Say it is women's fault that there is still MGm? Pls I want to know.
if you still think the white man give justice and respect to the black man then I think something is wrong with your HEAD.
why do you think racism is still at is highest peak in the US?
haven't you wonder why he was murdered AFTER he pass that slavery law?
the female right you are fighting for is nothing but greed and selfishness!
you already have all the right but can't use it because ya can't THINK straight and don't have goal in LIfe.
do you know what the average female always think About?
go to sch, FINISH, and get a rich man who can marry them and sit at home watching TV while the man will come if not probably cook for her.
illusion illusion!
We are saying the same thing. At least the white man is willing to admit on CNN and Al jazeera that there is a problem. He isn't saying things like.
" the black right you are fighting for is nothing but greed and selfishness!
you already have all the right but can't use it because ya can't THINK straight and don't have goal in LIfe.
do you know what the average black always think About?
go to sch, FINISH, and go on the streets and do drugs and gangsta rap and sit at home watching TV while I the white man will work to pay my taxes to maintain the structures and facilities he use.
What is positive about.. -not allowing a woman to grant her husband and children citizenship -beating your wife -banning women from working at night -disparate laws applied to female officers I'm waiting.
I will address your number one directly. I'm guessing you're not opposed to white women giving men and their children citizenship even though they're prone to emotional vulnerability.
Seeing that statistics show that men are more prone to pack up and leave the family, maybe for another woman etc. Mothers more than not stay and shoulder the children. That there are lot more single mothers than fathers is a testament to this. Somehow these women who are obviously clear headed and determined for their families suffer from "emotional vulnerability" than the men who bail on them.
lolz The hypocrisy is strong with this one.
Go to bed. It's sleep time. I'll give you want you want in the morning.
We are saying the same thing. At least the white man is willing to admit on CNN and Al jazeera that there is a problem. He isn't saying things like.
" the black right you are fighting for is nothing but greed and selfishness!
you already have all the right but can't use it because ya can't THINK straight and don't have goal in LIfe.
do you know what the average black always think About?
go to sch, FINISH, and go on the streets and do drugs and gangsta rap and sit at home watching TV while I the white man will work to pay my taxes to maintain the structures and facilities he use.
illusion illusion!
no win win in this situation!
so WOMen can't have there so called Right just as the average black Man ya is talking About!
Listen I'm a woman, but isn't it discriminatory to not vet the spouse of male police officers? They're already enough cases of domestic abuse against men. Don't you think that they should be afforded equal protection and consideration under the police Academy laws?
The wives of police men are vetted just that it's not pronounced as that of women, the force is interested in whatever will not impede your performance in the job, men dont get pregnant, even as a serving police officer and one of your girlfriend is pregnant and you fail to assume responsibility she has the right to report you to police welfare and they will handle the case.
We are saying the same thing. At least the white man is willing to admit on CNN and Al jazeera that there is a problem. He isn't saying things like.
" the black right you are fighting for is nothing but greed and selfishness!
you already have all the right but can't use it because ya can't THINK straight and don't have goal in LIfe.
do you know what the average black always think About?
go to sch, FINISH, and go on the streets and do drugs and gangsta rap and sit at home watching TV while I the white man will work to pay my taxes to maintain the structures and facilities he use.
illusion illusion!
I'm forced to make a comment on this. clearly, the original OP was correct in his observations.
so u believe the black struggle in America is exactly what U feminist are fighting for.
I'm also struggling hard not to believe that; a greater part of ur gender people (as u want us to regard U see you guys as another constituency) can't comprehend effectively.
I'm forced to make a comment on this. clearly, the original OP was correct in his observations.
so u believe the black struggle in America is exactly what U feminist are fighting for.
I'm also struggling hard not to believe that; a greater part of ur gender people (as u want us to regard U see you guys as another constituency) can't comprehend effectively.
All feminist are in illusion, illusion!
Pls can you enlighten me on what you feel women should fight for instead and how it is different from civil rights movement.
Its funny how you think that we women see ourselves as another constituency when we are arguing on a topic about a constitution that was entirely composed and compiled by MEN that still uses disparate laws for gender.
Or was it women that did a constitution that says
"Women cannot pass on their citizenship to their husband and children or a man can beat his wife anyhow he wants" or that policewoman need to jump through hoop holes to get married or women cannot work at night.
The reason why I stated 70% of males in the world are intact is for you to ask yourself how often you have heard of 70% of males complain of genital issues arising from hygiene.
I also attached a meme showing some statistics in my original post. Study it.
I've got more numbers for you: About 80% of males in Europe are intact. The number of intact men in the US has risen to about 50%.
The foreskin doesn't require much to clean. Just pull it backward n clean while showering. It's that simple.
By the way, ever asked yourself what your ear and ear lobes are for? Think about it.
There are varying types of FGM. There's the procedure that cuts completely the labia for hygiene reasons. Dirt hides there n makes the P stink. That's a good reason for MGM right? Or is there a better approach? Is it more human to teach the girls good hygiene? Sure it is!
How about teaching the boys good hygiene? God forbids that right?
Finally, the foreskin contains many times more nerve endings than the cleet. Read more and enlighten yourself.
Just so you know, we genitally mutilate boys in this country just because a Rabbi says so.
The emotional vulnerability of women should rob them of this right. Not mentioning a vast majority who suffer from bad judgement.