Nigeria is patriarchy-central. On any given day, any random person will give you advice on how to talk to a man, because well, men are superior to women- even the Bible says it’s so. Single, successful career women are usually told not to buy a car of their own, houses, land, etc, because then men would be terrified to come closer. And the poor women will be unmarried all the days of their lives. In fact, intelligent ladies are usually told not to show they are intelligent, so they don’t risk puncturing the man’s ego.
@TheBlackHermit has a word for those who have taken this advice to heart: making yourself smaller for any man will not be enough; don’t do it.
Here's the thing about making yourself smaller for a man: it will never be enough.
— Sir Slay (@TheBlackHermit) November 8, 2016
You bend, twist, compromise, cut out, shed, but he will never be satisfied.
— Sir Slay (@TheBlackHermit) November 8, 2016
Eventually, he'll leave you for some "Pick me" girl and when you say "but I gave up A and B for you"…
— Sir Slay (@TheBlackHermit) November 8, 2016
….he'll look you in the eye and say "but you didn't give up C and D".
— Sir Slay (@TheBlackHermit) November 8, 2016
Or worse, that he never asked you to give up anything. Or some lecture about how this new girl "makes him feel like a man".
— Sir Slay (@TheBlackHermit) November 8, 2016
Be guided.
— Sir Slay (@TheBlackHermit) November 8, 2016
Don’t say we did not tell you.
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