From time to time, she encounters family members who remind her of her gender when trying to force her to do kinds of stuff they believe are the exclusive preserves of the female folk. She hates this and never shies away from voicing her dissent.
Fellow women also help in putting down their folks. At a point, the young girl in Esi becomes fascinated by her own body, but her stepmother and sisters criminalise this and punish her. Her father and stepmother always drum it in her ears that the glory of a woman is in her husband. She is constantly reminded that equality, when it comes to man and woman relationship, is a mirage, and she must learn to live under a man’s shadow.
Fathers and mothers need to stand for their girls and make them feel equal to their brothers. Please do not tell my Opemipo to do something because she is a girl. Tell her to do it because she is a human being. Like her, Tolu, her younger brother, must clean, cook and do every other thing once he is old enough to do it.
Aside from the family unit, society also helps to put the female gender down. Our politicians are guilty in this respect. Every election season, each political party, especially the major ones, comes up with the ridiculous policy of exempting women from paying nomination and expression of interest fees. On the face of it, it looks good. But, these parties have other policies or practices that ensure women do not get the nomination.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
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