We live in a society where the custodians of patriarchy have dominated and oppressed women for too long. Women have been subjugated for ages. There is a war brewing; raging like a volcano at the brink of eruption and the consequence is going to splatter on all and sundry. I am a mother, and I fear…
Over the years, I have seen vicious battles of custody amongst estranged Nigerian couples and my heart bleeds. I hear how some men go to schools to warn teachers not to allow his kids mother to come near “his kids” and I marvel. The other time I read somewhere where a teacher shared how the…
I often hear people blame a woman for not being submissive enough, hence the reason why her husband beats and abuses her emotionally. In fact for the past few days, with the recent happenings on domestic violence, the internet has been agog with fallacious conclusions that a woman’s lack of submission leads to her being abused…
