The act of a lady marrying a younger man in this part of the world is usually frowned at. Most people just coat it in the name calling "sugar mummy". The discrimination against women marrying younger men is getting rampant thought on the other hand, the society see nothing wrong in men having much younger wives and this has led some women in Abuja to a massive protest.

Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, some women in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday, decried discrimination in Nigeria against women marrying younger men, while seeing nothing wrong in men having much younger wives. Some of the women alleged that they had been discriminated, judged and labelled “sugar mummy” for their marriage to men they were older than.

A businesswoman identified as Esther David, said she was five years older than her husband, who is also into the same provision business with her. She added her decision to marry her husband was borne out of love, admiration and respect she had for him, and not because she was desperate to get married as alleged by some persons. “Our society tends to judge women negatively for marrying younger men, even if that relationship was borne out of love and respect for each other. “But the same society sees nothing wrong if a man marries someone that he is old enough to even be her grandfather,” she lamented.

According to her, she faced a lot of challenges from her in-laws due to the age difference before she was fully accepted as his wife, despite performing the traditional, Christian and even the court wedding. A mother of two identified as Bose Ade, said even though she was eight years older than her husband, whom she has been married to for over a decade, her being older had not affected the love, affection and respect they had for each other. “At first, it was very difficult for me to accept his marriage proposal because I was far older than him with over eight years. “But I was later convinced by his persistence and support from his family that he was not dissuaded by our age differences,” Mrs. Ade said.

What is your opinion on this? Is it right for a lady to marry a younger man?

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Well, I'm not against them.
it's just societal view.





But do they need to protest

Wow.

rubbish

Oya nau

If she is submissive i dont see the big deal

Well,most of these women will hide under the umbrella of what the society frowns at, while in the real sense,they're sugarmummies. Is it not abuja again? They're sugarmummies abeg. QED