At a time when gender equality is being discussed more than ever before and feminism becoming the go-to card for hypocritical celebrities, it’d be nice to talk about men’s liberation & the mental chain with which the male child has been bound for generations. In an article on Nigerian culture written by Chinyere Elele (2002) of Inter Press Service, her opening sentence and first paragraph read “The birth of male children is still the source of pride and honour in Nigeria, while that of female children is seen as failure”. This is quite interesting coming from a female writer but I won’t be quick to celebrate this ‘importance’ as a man from South-West, Nigeria where I was raised and burdened with responsibilities from a tender age. It dawned on me that the celebration that stems from having male children is because it's assumed that a new burden-bearer had arrived. From a tender age, responsibilities are been instilled into the boy child and he’s made to unders...
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