I am unashamedly feminine and very feminist. I beg to differ from the hard line approach but I won't hesitate to voice my discontent with being treated with less respect than i deserve. Of course, feminists rant about respect and all that so it is easy to shake your head and say "uh-oh, here they come. Another one yet!".
Today I am a little peeved about the way the society has pigeon holed women into its own narrow definition of womanhood. That a woman should be seen and not heard. That women should slavishly toe the line behind men, this frankly it just makes me want to scream. What the hell... aint we taught that everyone is born equal...and that non is to be seen to be superior to the other. Or better still, didnt God himself made man and woman in His own imagine, where then does the ...lies. God in his wisdom would have created me attached to a man's side if he didn't want me to think like a human being, proffer solutions to world problems and help in society building. The reason for my anger, I have watched countless women drain themselves attending to their partner's needs while the said partner puts up his feet on a stool idly flicking through television channels even though the two of them just returned from chasing money or engaging in some energy draining venture together. I was listening to a documentary recently on Aljazeera, where a man who has been married to his wife for twenty years, turn over night to divorce her and kick her out of their home, the house they shared together, bringing in a sixteen year old teenager as a new wife. The anger in me persisted, when the so called man is a Muslim, and according to the him, he said he could divorce her if he thinks he is tired of her and then bring in another. In a nutshell, without full divorcing papers na so the woman pack her bags and luggage comot ooo. Am sure in a country with law and other, such wont have happened. The so called husband has even refuse to support her and the four children since she was kicked out over 6 months ago. She had to constantly run around him everywhere so he could give her allowances for the children. At the end there is no where to run for assistant. She is torn between how to care for her children and the cruelty of her ex-husband.
While I am not averse to treating my man like a king, I reject being treated like a slave. I will tell you what defines a real woman. Her ability to manage the home, raise God fearing proper children AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY OF HER COUNTRY IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. Proverbs 31: 10-31.(*.....she perceives that her merchandise is profitable, her lamp does not go out at night").
Word up guys, it is never too late to help your spouse or partner accomplish her God given mission here on earth. it is for your own good because as intriguing as the slave-master routine is, it gets extremely boring and before long you start looking under strange skirts jeopardizing your happiness and peace.
In this woman case, what didnt she do right?
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