GENDER BALANCE
"Opportunities have so much increased for women that the only available opportunities left for men is either to be a commercial cyclist (Okada Man) or be a full time Politician. Now women are the sole bread winner of the family, such that the place of a man, a colleague, a father and a companion is almost forgotten." These where the words, if not fears of Mr. Oloogun.
I feel this is the reason Bobrisky opted to be a cross dresser and now, Baba is talking about Menstruation. Great!
From the introductory quote, it is not hard to imagine the state of our family, organisations and society in the nearest future.
Certainly, the role of men will be much of forgotten and only be left as a myth, with the role of women being so enticing that majority of the men would have opted to changing their genders. The implications is that, populations will reduce and the peace, balance, love and resilence enjoyed by our society will be breached.
Children will be birthed less from two loving parents but from frozen sperm cells and even organisations and the general society will lack balance and resilence.
It means this same society will start another campaign to save the men, as they are now campaigning to save the women. So, why solve a problem by creating another problem?
Can we not repair now our society so we can enjoy it continually?
I am a woman, so is campaigning for women bad? NO WAY!
then what am I saying?
Gender Balance.
When I say Gender Balance, I mean right from childhood grooming, where we always groom and remind the girl child:
- "You have to be responsible, diligent and hardworking because you will be a mother and somebody's wife one day"
- "You have to be good to see a good Man".
- "Don't allow anyone touch you, rape you or assault you. If there do, report".
-"Sit well, behave as a good wife Material". Oshe! Holandis!
The question is, do we care enough to invest same energy, same love and care for the male/boy child?
Do we really think that the boy who was not intentionally groomed and cared for would be groomed by the supernatural to be the perfect spouse, parent, colleague, friend and boss to these groomed women?
Do we really think that forgetting the men when creating opportunities, granting loans, and offering jobs can make the society balanced and better?
Balance is needed because, we need the men and we need them strong, nice, friendly, supportive, successful and we certainly want to compete fairly with them as colleagues.
Do you really think what women want is just equality?
What we want is both Equality and Equity...Equalquity.
Equality gives equal opportunities to both parties but women are naturally disadvantaged. Hence equity checks the difference and balances it.
Give men the same opportunities as women but remember the biological difference between a man and a women in this.
That is, sick leave during menstruation,
-Employ pregnant women, they are not walking dead.
-Paid leave for child birth,
-Paid Maternity leave and Paternity leave for both parents to be part of the growth of the children.
-Place a work Nursery, so a mother does not get worried about her child and can work with peace of mind.
Finally, I want to say that women should not be employed because of their fine face, big boobs, big behinds but because she has and can proficiently employ her skills, knowledge and is agile enough to fairly compete for turfs with her male counterparts.
My silent cry is that MEN AND WOMEN are protected. Both species suffer because what they go through is common to humans.
Women suffer more, we know. But do not forget the men.
#The boy child and girl child deserve equal love and support coupled with equitable consideration for their biological difference(s).
(C)2023 Ethel Etuk Willie
Nice piece Ethel, first time reading such from a lady. More grease
ReplyDeleteNow the ask is balance Hathele thank you for not being bias.
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