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Re: I'm A Submissive Woman: What's Wrong With That? by Nobody: 8:10pm On Nov 29, 2013
Beautiful write-up! Jeez...where is the writer of this article Just so beautiful, #TeamHausa/FulaniGirlssmiley
Re: I'm A Submissive Woman: What's Wrong With That? by Nobody: 8:16pm On Nov 29, 2013
Okija_juju: All women who dont submit to their husbands end up like these women





Fat, depressed, desparate and ugly.. In church disturbing God everyday with prayers for a problem they inflicted on themselves.. angry
OMGgringringrin
Re: I'm A Submissive Woman: What's Wrong With That? by lynk106: 3:29am On Dec 02, 2013
frosbel: The African idea of submissiveness is when the wife/woman becomes a doormat and in some extreme cases a punching bag - fail !

A woman submits to a man who provides true leadership , love and protection for his family as a sign of respect but not because the man is some sort of demi-god.

A man who abuses his wife , beats her and cheats on her will be a difficult beast to submit to.



GBAM
And it is usually the beasts who make the loudest noise. If you hear a man talking frequently about submission then you should run far away.
Any man with true leadership qualities, responsible, loving and protecting will have absolutely no problems. In fact, there will be tons of women looking to 'submit' to him.
The rest are just looking for doormats and punching bags in the name of "submission" grin


lol@ the pic. Those churchwomen look like middle-aged to older women with kids and grandkids even. Usually when women reach that age, they are independent, fierce and powerful in their own right. It is their grown children who are submissive to them. lol
yes ma
I wish our African culture would cease to degrade womanhood in favor of girlhood or virginhood or submissionhood. Women are women. not girls. LOL children are submissive. Women are adults.

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Re: I'm A Submissive Woman: What's Wrong With That? by SAMBARRY: 2:47pm On Oct 31, 2015
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Blazay:


Actually, I am happy for her. Or should I say them.
Taking 'baby' steps to civilization.
It is common for Hausa peeps to lead themselves across the street.
I used to see a few 'bambi-allahs' or 'gbomo-gbomos' do just that while begging for money or trying to kidnap little children in large loin-clothed suffocating cow-skinned bags from street to street.
If the gesture can be extended to women who can see with all hands and feet INTACT. . . I rejoice. Very romantic.
From chopping off hands and feet for adultery to leading their women with protective hands on their backs and buttocks. . .to the other side of the road WITHOUT KILLING THEM or using the women as donkeys or mules THEMSELVES to transport merchandise across the streets while sitting on them? shocked

[size=20pt]Somebarry please shout J-J for Jehovah Jireh!!! [/size]


The only problem?
I wish she will experience that kind of basic'chivalry' in Hausaland, Nigeria.
Not just in London.
All well and good sha.

Please, rock on. "Awusa" peeps in London. . . you have a lot of catching up to do.

Small-small. . . una go reassssh dia. Amen. cheesy

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrran-ka-de-de ma!!!
Re: I'm A Submissive Woman: What's Wrong With That? by cooker: 4:03pm On Oct 31, 2015
being a submissive woman is not wrong grin it is a personal choice but men taking it for granted is wrong angryif your man loves you and treat you right. no problem but you being submissive and a man treat you like shit is wrong some men mistake submissiveness as foolishness

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Re: I'm A Submissive Woman: What's Wrong With That? by SAMBARRY: 5:26pm On Oct 31, 2015
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fellis:
Of course women are supposed to submit to the will of men.
Everyone knows that women are mentally rétarded air heads not capable of thinking for themselves so they have to submit to male instructions instead of deciding what to do by themselves.
grin grin


Let the show begin grin
Re: I'm A Submissive Woman: What's Wrong With That? by SAMBARRY: 5:28pm On Oct 31, 2015
Lilimax:
grin grin
dry joke.anyway exercise is good for them.they'll shed a little weight with the vibrations they're doing tongue
Re: I'm A Submissive Woman: What's Wrong With That? by davidif: 6:02pm On Jan 04, 2017
Tweety121:
I am not as young or as innocent as I look, yet every time I cross the street with any man, whether I've known him 10 minutes or 10 years, they either hold my arm/hand or put a protective hand on my back and lead me to the other side of the road.

Most Western-minded, proudly independent, 21st Century women would be insulted by this because they feel it patronises them; they can cross the street just as well as any man! I don't. I take it as a compliment that a man acts on his natural instinct to protect when he's with me. Some women, because of the aggressive vibe they give out quench this gentlemanly behaviour in guys, but I'd like to think it is because of my sweet, accommodating nature that men are willing to open doors or pull out chairs for me.

Now I know and they know that I can do these things for myself, but that's not the point. I'm a lover of classic literature like Pride and Prejudice because it describes a time when men were men and ladies behaved decently and were treated with care because they were the fairer sex. I am not insulted by this, and I believe that women that are have either been hurt by misogynistic men or were told that a woman is just as good as a man and doesn't need to be treated differently.

Well, its their loss. If a man wants to treat me nicely because I am a woman, let him. I know I am just as intelligent as he is, so why should his chivalry make me feel bad?

There's a difference between a man opening a door for you and a man not allowing you to speak in public. Women in certain Middle-Eastern or African countries have the right to demand more fairness because they are been oppressed, but I'm afraid if women get more fairness in the West they might stop having babies, because if men don't have to do it, why should we?!

So its obvious that I am not a feminist. I thank the Women's Movement for the vote, shattered glass-ceilings and the Pill, but it all spun out of control when:

Women Started Acting Like Men

Some women think that if a man can sleep with 300 women and be admired by his peers, why can't she sleep with 300 men and be equally respected? Well, umm, apart from this being a cry for help, nature discourages it. A man produces trillions of new sperm daily throughout his lifetime, whilst a woman is born with about 400 viable eggs, is able to fertilise only one a month, and then they run out when she's 45. Also, women tend to get pregnant after sex whilst men can walk away if they so wish, and the reproduction game is such that whilst a man shoots and deposits, a woman receives and incubates.

All this means that nature has given men the ease and biological efficiency to have sex-and-go a lot, whilst women have to deal with the palaver of periods, pregnancy and ticking biological clocks. It kinda seems as if 'Mother Nature' is a misogynistic man trying to ruin women's fun doesn't it?

Fact is women are BUILT differently from men and it is not everything they do that we should do. Those that want to out-earn, out-drink or out-burp men may feel emancipated now, but a wise man is not looking for a woman to compete with but a mate to build a life with, and a woman that uses her femininity to compliment a man will have a happier home.

Women Started Demeaning Men

I dislike watching adverts these days because of the trend for women to belittle men. Commercials like Windows 7's Family Photo is one that I actually switch channels to avoid watching. I just get angsty about seeing a woman say things to a man that will cause outrage if the tables were turned. Watch a round of adverts next time you're in front of the TV with this in mind, and you'll see stroppy, domineering women chastising gormless men for being inept. Its never the other way round. Because that would be sexist.

The funny thing is that ad executives are overwhelmingly male, so either they're being funny, or worried that if they don't toe the feminist line there would be backlash. It's probably the latter.

I was watching a show about weddings, where it is the norm for the bride-to-be to complain that the groom doesn't help enough etc and then a 'Fairy God-mother' is called to help. But one episode had a wealthy young man who was outspoken about the fact that he'll pay for the wedding, but the bride should make all the arrangements (he was American. I noticed that their adverts are fairer). The female voice-over and 'Fairy God-mother' were indignant: how dare he be so honest about his disinterest and put the bride in a bad light! Didn't he read the memo? Only the bride can complain; the man should just nod and apologise!

The gender role-reversal in the media probably reflects reality. Today most divorces are initiated by the woman who is encouraged to not put up with any dissent, I mean failings in a man. Of course I know that men can be *%*#*@*, but perhaps women don't try so hard anymore?

Women Started Saying They Didn't Need Men

I used to say this. Back when I was young and drunk on the feminist power Destiny's Child sung about. Sure women can and have raised babies who became well-adjusted adults without the help of men, but should they? It's fine if you have no choice, but to make a conscious decision that you want to raise your child without a father is like cutting your nose to spite your face. Children from such homes grow up with daddy issues because it was never supposed to be that way.

Women also say this to mean they can buy their own houses, cars, clothes, weaves, shoes etc without the help of men. That's fabulous. I'm sure the men are quite happy not to have to pay for all these things too. But I personally want my husband to take care of me and be the breadwinner, and thankfully I'm with a traditional Hausa man who feels that it is his responsibility to provide for his family.

So after we marry I'll take primary care of the children, (since they grew in my body for nine months and were then fed with my body-juice, it seems fair) cook, clean, work and help him be the best he can be, whilst he protects, provides, procures the bacon and loves and respects me as the superwoman-mother-wife-lady I am. He'll probably wash the dishes too sometimes because he's nice like that. But he doesn't have to.

It's old-fashioned and I love it. There's something, wholesome about the natural order of things.

http://hausanigerian..com/2011/04/i-am-submissive-womandoes-that-make-me.html

Great piece. I thought it was written by HuffPo

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