
The Chauvinist at work

The feminist at work.
Why should we talk about “gender parity” when all was
created equal? And endowed with equal rights at birth? Perhaps, the atrocities
perpetuated by some men would have been avoided had we allowed had we granted
women their share of equality – a prerequisite for world peace. The institution
of family in Africa is on the precipice of collapsing – a consequence of
insincerity of men to their wives. Since men failed to question society for
heaving strait-jacket responsibilities on them against the women, they feel
embarrassed, insulted, and un-masculine to ask for advice, money and any form
of help from the females.
The feminist at work.
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Kwabena Brako-Powers in Liberia |
The parity bridge is far from being fixed in a period
when there is a disconnection between the feminist purveyors and their
constituents. The girl-woman in my village, who cannot read, sees the “battle” lost
before the war. The lettered females have widened misgivings against one
another over minor issue as approach. So the few united females stage their
fight in the halls of conferences and summits and over wine, champagne and lousy
buffet.
True,
we have been “masculinized” but what is the alternative? Why scream from the
roof top when you can get down? The situation looks far from being remedied – a
consequence of the divided front of the leadership of the feminine movement. We
need to ignite once more this conversation, and to stay true till the end.
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