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I don’t think I need to define the meaning of feminism at this point but a careful look at the core of feminism shows that it is centered on economic, social and political rights of women.
Feminism is a great movement as no human is expected to be subordinate to the other sexes—males and shemales. It is germane that I let you realise that feminism, to African women—at least most women, is a fraud. It is a fraud because it is not understood in the right context, the African context.
The aim of feminism all over the world is different. In the US, feminists are calling for equal pay with men. What do Nigerian women want? They want equality but then, ask, is there a state government that pays women less than their male counterparts? Is there a private company that does so? The answer is NO but there persists a problem—an inequality problem. The Nigerian laws have protected women more than they could imagine and providing equality but…
I have studied feminism or let me say I’ve been ‘following’ feminism since 2009 and since that time till now, I have not read a robust article that did justice to the place culture in feminism in Nigeria. All feminist arguments have been imported just like ‘our’ makeups and shoes and bags and sin bras…I love sin bras…another broad day light fraud.
An average feminist in Nigeria looks like this: educated, beautiful in her own way, smart, independent, religious and wants to get married. But little did many of them know that those guys selling that brand of feminism from abroad are people who don’t practise religion or let me say people who are not religious as we do. They don’t really place a premium on marriage as we do. Marriage is the bane of feminism in Nigeria. Take it or deny it.
Marriages in Nigeria draw their strength from culture. When we look at cultures from most parts of the country, we could deduce that most are suppressive to women and children but comes the issue of marriage that is rooted in culture. Let’s take a look at some of the world’s leading feminists: Naomi Wolf (age 52, divorced, 2 kids), Natasha Walter (48, unmarried, 2 kids), Opray Winfrey (61, engaged since 1992 till date), Elizabeth Wurtzel (47, married May 9, 2015) and so on. I am not painting a razor sharp view that feminists were not happily married, I am just showing a general overview of what their lives are. In top countries, you cannot easily say this is the culture of marriage…everything seems general. In Nigeria, women are tied down by culture even more than religion.
Culture is the major problem of women in Nigeria and not the ‘men are against women’ mentality some clueless women are preaching as feminism. I believe for women to thrive, most cultures need to re-evaluate their positions on women or women should be ready to live happily like the above named women because you can’t proclaim to be a feminist under a culture that suppresses. How many women are ready to leave their father’s house with defiance, move in with a man, have his kids etc? These are what people selling feminism from abroad are doing. They are not bound by culture as the Nigerian woman is.
Women need to place themselves highly in terms of image. Look around, which gender walks almost naked and demands respect? Women! Look at music videos, girls shamelessly throw themselves up and down. I remember before my grandma died, we were watching a musical video, she shook her head and said “that’s why girls need to be circumcised” I understand the poor woman’s argument but health experts have made us to know genital mutilation is bad. If women are cheap, how do you convince up holders of tradition to discontinue circumcision?
Feminism in Nigeria should never have an outlook of the foreign type of feminism because it is a fraud…a joke in its entire sense. The laws of Nigeria have provided safety of the woman but ignorance is killing many women. I feel the type of feminism that should resonate in Nigeria is one that should centre on girl-child education but every other thing that concerns women have been taken care of by appropriate laws. Even the girl-child wahala has been taken care of by the government but the major problem of women is culture and not the men in power. If women can be united, wonders will happen but as one of my lecturers would say, “A woman is the problem of another woman”. At work, who creates problem for the other woman? A fellow woman. Who marries or dates a married man? A fellow woman. Women need to start kicking against terrible cultural practices rather than cooking a war with the ‘male gender’. Sellers of feminism abroad don’t have a cultural problem, they have a gender problem but as Nigerian women, the problem is not in the gender but the culture.

Indeed touching.

OP, consider this topic: Women are not always to be blamed for marriage breakups.
This topic will lead to a better essay.

babyosisi:
It may be late for you now dear

Only a goof would believe phone radiation kills sperm. There has been no conclusive study on it. You can as well tell me masts cause cancer as many people used to believe until they were proved wrong.
Also remember to add to the first point where it says "this June", it's not this June. It's June 2014. To be precise, 10th June, Tuesday, 2014. 8:42am

Dettol Coolest. 'We' just made it.

Phone in the pocket?

Sad.

More...

I'm not much of an art person but I couldn't resist these.

Epignosis19:
Please, how long is MSC in Ilorin? I just read the thread and I saw minimum of 24 months, I always thought it was for 12 months, any ideas?

It depends on your programme, department, project and supervisor. Some complete theirs in 12, some 24...and some extra semesters

mechango:
pls lets keep this thread rolling, intend apply for msc economics wnt to start the registration nxt week.

All the best

Tapout:
op how about those that their faces have become breeding ground 4 pimple

They may need to see a dermatologist.

1. Your period is coming.
2. You applied too much hair products close to the scalp or you're frequently touching the area.
3. You have eaten greasy or acidic food.
4. You touched your face with a dirty phone or hands.
5. You're going through puberty or you're extremely stressed out.

I hope this helps


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My fiancée was almost kidnapped today at Lekki. I will post her story in full later.
Watch out...many desperate guys out there.

Father from hell

I see no agony. Just a dot.

What faces someone backs another.

Chisos

Riverbank

vickerz:
im still processing my admission sir,

its really nice, to see another omu aran person on nairaland

So nice. All the best.

Haha Madrid

vickerz:
ile nla

are u schooling in lagos

Ile Nla is quite popular. I'm working. You?

self development matters a lot

vickerz:
cool, which part of omu aran re u from

Oke Ajah compound. You?

hopelink1:
Hin wife die?

Yea

When my dad died and several years passed, my mum asked me a question. "Do you think your dad would have married another wife if I was the one who died?"
I replied "No". But in actual fact, it's yes. Some people are emotionally strong to stay single after the demise of a spouse. Some are not. One thing that matters in life is happiness. I wish the man happiness.

I 'graduated' myself early from driving to prove to my ex girlfriend that I can drive. I took her out, I ended up hitting a mosque. Thank God she's a Muslim.









The event happened when we were driving back from the British handing-over ceremony to Nigeria in 1960

Dewze:
Why is it that Nigerian journalists do not know how to summarize and make their points early enough in their write up. For crying out loud, why spend half of your write up talking about all the problems in Nigeria like we do not know them already. You only end up making your article unnecessarily long, tedious and boring.

Where do you want NECO to see passages to set in their exams if it is short?

vickerz:
emi naa,

omo olomu aperan!

whrre re u

Omo olomu aperan...I'm in Lagos.

Omu Aran...emi omo Omu Aran.