Tuesday, 11 August 2015

FEMINISM ISN'T BITTERNESS!!!

    We have different understanding when it comes to FEMINISM. And what some people don't seem to understand is the huge difference between advocating for gender equality and bitterness. A lot of females(africans most especially) throw away culture and embrace feminism like their lives are bent on it and don't apply wisdom. Feminism doesn't say you should be ambitious and not take care of your family or not respect your husband. It does not say you should be timid and not be able to express yourself or speak up when the need arises either. You just have to apply wisdom and not get too carried away such that you start facing terrible repercussions as a result of being a feminist. It doesn't preach violence but preaches confidence as a woman.
   Some western women have seen it as a medium to unleash and pour out their bitterness on men by calling men names and feeling they could totally do away with men(though some women do perfectly well without men but that vacum of a man being in her is always a big hole that cannot be filled) but that's not the main reason the "feminism movement"was created. Infact, in some western countries, ladies are not granted employment because they are females while other companies pay their female workers lesser than their male colleagues.
   Most african men kick against it cos the african culture preaches "always respect your husband" even if he beats, you gives you scars and maims you, you still have to stay put with him*that's brain washing*. I even heard a Somalian woman say her fellow Somalian women should know that being beaten as a woman is normal and even commended the act. What tha heck?! *that's low esteem for heaven's sake and indulging fellow women to enjoy domestic violence, sounded ignorant of her and very wrong* .
   Domestic violence is one of the things FEMINISM voices out against. A woman who is facing domestic violence shouldn't continue to stay with a "woman beater" as an husband cos he can kill her one day or she dies as a result of complications she suffers from the beating. Or is it a man who refuses to allow his woman work because he wants to monitor her movement or cut down on her expenses?
  I can go on and on but I needed to set the records straight cos feminism doesn't preach disrespect and is not violence but confidence.

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