The boy child is caught in a privilege trap. He is told he should do better because he is a man. Yet the only brand of manliness he is exposed to is associated with oppression.
Tag: gender
Hey! We Need Gender Here?
The vitriolic reaction to the word feminism from both men and women is because feminism is seen as an elitist and pro-western concept that refuses to acknowledge the African cultural identity, beliefs and lived experience. It is a word now used interchangeably with ‘man-hating-angry-woman-preaching-western-ideology’.
What Kind Of Ugly Are You?
Zimbabwe has a pageant for Mr. Ugly and it turned ugly this year because a man with four missing front teeth and lips that could flap in the wind was deemed to be too handsome. I think it should be renamed Mr. Confidence. What kind of miro brags about winning “The Mr. Ugly contest?” Try…