Rape culture

See something, say something | Things we can do as individuals to stop workplace sexual harassment

If you are like a majority of people, the statement, “I am delighted upon reviewing this 12-page policy document to have found it largely satisfactory,” may not be something you will be caught dead willingly uttering. Perhaps this stems from a legal trend that is thankfully being corrected by a new generation of lawyers who... Read More

Non-binary Blog

policy, rape, Rape culture, sexual harassment, Stand to End Rape

Tackling workplace sexual harassment is far easier for organisations than some ad campaigns

Anna’s* career path has been dotted with job switches since she finished NYSC in 2018, for reasons completely unrelated to her competence. Her first job as an accountant for a small firm in Kaduna ended abruptly after 4 months and backbreaking labour to clean up years of shoddy record-keeping and set the firm on course... Read More

Blogs, Non-binary Blog

culture, rape, Rape culture, sexual harassment, workplace

#HerStory Series: “I am trapped in a loop of pain” – 34-year-old Samirah shares how she was forced to marry her rapist

Nigeria declared a state of emergency on sexual and gender-based violence last year following the rape and murder of 22-year-old Vera Uwaila Omozuwa. It was an intervention needed for decades that could have helped many survivors of rape escape a similar or worse fate to that of this week’s subject of our Women’s History Month... Read More

Non-binary Blog

abortion, Forced Marriage, islam, Marital rape, nigeria, rape, Rape culture, Sexual assault

February 10, 2021

Adesuwa Omon’s short film ‘Grapes’ takes a look at rape culture and victim blaming

Tackling rape via the media can never be exhausting. Women – and men – are using the medium to address how endemic it has become. In Adesuwa Omon’s short film Grapes, which debuted on YouTube early February, Linda (Aiwansosa Itohan) makes a drunken call from a house party to her friend Vera (Obuseh Princess), asking... Read More

Adesuwa Omon, grapes, Rape culture, victim blaming

Human Rights

February 4, 2021

Rape Culture: 7 years after Chibok abduction; we are yet to address the root cause of a menace

April 14, 2014, will remain significant in Nigeria’s shared history for a long time, perhaps forever. Two hundred and seventy six female students (mostly Christians) were kidnapped on the evening of that fateful day by Boko Haram from the Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State. It was the most high profile case of kidnap in... Read More

Non-binary Blog

Amina Alit, Chibok girls, gender discrimination, nigeria, rape, Rape culture, sexual violence

September 28, 2020

The menace of street harassment and reclaiming women’s bodies in public spaces | The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture

Street harassment can be defined as all forms of unwanted comments, contact and actions forced on strangers in public. It can range from being assaulted, verbally abused, being followed, having your path blocked, being whistled at, being sexually touched or grabbed, being a target of public masturbation etc. Street harassment happens all around the world... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Specials

#DomesticViolenceIsANoNo, #RapeCulture, #YNaijaSpecialSeries, Rape culture, YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture

September 21, 2020

‘At the intersection of feminism and femininity, I only find push back’ | The YNaija Rape Culture Special Series

Satan Drives a Sedan I don’t like White anymore. When I loved white, the last thing I owned of that color was a silk night dress. I wore it with pride. I loved the way it rippled like a consistent caress across my skin. The way it moved with my body, lending a regal... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Specials

rape, Rape culture, Rape Culture Special Series

September 18, 2020

Rape Culture endangers Muslim women too | The YNaija #RapeCulture Special Series

“Islam gave women rights thousands of years before the West! Islam protects and cherishes women!” These are some declarations you hear from Muslims when you bring up the issue of rape and rape culture within the Muslim community. Whether it is spouted in ignorance, naiveté, idealism or plain denial is another question. While those... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Specials

#DomesticViolenceIsANoNo, #YNaijaSpecialSeries, Rape culture

September 16, 2020

The YNaija #RapeCulture Special Series: A glossary of terms

The words below are the most frequent when talking about the issue of rape. Rape is a sensitive subject and we have curated these words to explain what we mean in the essays concerning rape. We did it to give context to the words usage in the various essays to published during this series. Assault:... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Specials

rape, Rape culture, Rape Culture Special Series

rape

#JusticeForIzu: To truly eradicate rape culture, we need structural solutions, not individual justice

A few days ago, news broke that a young man named Izu Madubueze had committed suicide. According to reports from his friends, he was pushed to suicide after he was allegedly named as rapist, for engaging in casual sex with a woman who he had previously rejected but then solicited sex from. From her perspective,... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Izu Madubueze, rape, Rape culture

#YNaijaNonBinary: Feminism from the margins

A few months ago, at a commemorative event for the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Conference, I introduced myself to a room full of Nigerian feminists aged 18 to 80 as “a queer feminist writer.” I hadn’t planned to do this, but the response confirmed my suspicions about how the evening had been envisioned. Brows... Read More

Non-binary Blog

feminism, gender, non-binary, pride month, rape, Rape culture, sexuality

Rape

September 18, 2018

Here’s what rape culture looks like in one single tweet, and how men still perpetuate it

One thing about using social media: it can be an extension of our thoughts and beliefs from years of conditioning. That said, social media as an important vehicle in addressing sexual assault and harassment ignited in late 2017, with the #MeToo movement. Nigerian women had stories of rape to tell, aplenty, and we were forced... Read More

Featured, The Media Blog

rape, Rape culture

Kerewa

How Zule Zoo’s “Kerewa” became the rape song we never talked about

There was a blast from the past at the 2018 Headies, the nostalgic return of Zule Zoo and their pelvic-thrust banger Kerewa. Performed by one half of the duo Ibrahim Hassan, Kerewa was galvanising on the Headies stage as it was back then in 2005, when the song was released. Zule Zoo rose to fame... Read More

Kerewa, Rape culture, Zulezoo

rape culture

January 26, 2018

[The Sexuality Blog] Your favorite rape ‘prevention technique’ is problematic and here’s why

This was originally published on Medium by Miss Wura Abulatan. We think the message she conveys here is important in light of recent events and sought her permission to republish on the Sexuality Blog. We hope it will be as enlightening for you as it was for us. If we don’t start telling/teaching people to... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

rape, Rape culture, Wura Abulatan

September 20, 2017

The Thread: Kevin Hart did not cheat. He was raped

Last week, Kevin Hart came clean and apologised for cheating in order to escape the hammer in form of a woman who wanted to extort him for millions of dollars in order to keep his secret. This secret. Graphic content: https://twitter.com/UnJml/status/909757468389068800 Particularly because it had been alleged two months ago that Hart had indeed done... Read More

celebrity marriages, cheating, Eniko Hart, Extortion, KEvin HArt, Rape culture, Relationships, The Thread, Torrei Hart

Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

Olusegun Adeniyi: An epidemic of rape

by Olusegun Adeniyi There is hardly any member of my generation who did not watch the controversial rape revenge movie of the eighties titled, ‘I Spit on Your Grave’. The first time I watched the movie, which in 2010 made TIME magazine’s list of ten ‘most ridiculously violent’ movies of all times, I shed tears.... Read More

culture of silence, Olusegun Adeniyi, opinion, Rape culture, The Justice system, Victim shaming

The Thread: “Guy your preeq no dey work?” and everything else you say and do to promote the rape culture

Misogyny is so pervasive, it is quite the cultural phenomenon in these parts. It is the what fires the rape culture juicy spoke about earlier. Wole Odeleye has a word for men about changing their orientation towards women’s bodies. Everybody better listen: https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/891289474210172928 https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/891289922623201280 https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/891290149962878976 https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/891290349011955712 https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/891290596261933056 https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/891290836872425472 https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/891292692667355138 https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/891293069475229698 https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/891293420261605381 True, that. https://twitter.com/WoleOdeleye/status/891291163877142528

misogyny, nigeria, patriarchy, Rape culture, The Thread

Ijeoma Ogwuegbu Uduma: BBNaija and rape culture in Nigeria

by Ijeoma Ogwuegbu Uduma Watching the sexual assault drama play out on Big Brother Naija a few days ago was like watching a masterclass on sexual assault in Nigeria and its effects on victims. It had all the elements. It started off with the sexual assault itself. There was a video of it floating around on the... Read More

BBNaija, Kemen Ekerette, nigeria, Rape culture, Sexual assault, sexual harrassment, Victim blaming/shaming

The Thread: Why is consent is so hard to understand? | #BBNaija

Big brother Naija housemate TBoss was assaulted by Kemen yesterday and he was disqualified and given the boot. You should have seen the uproar that caused. The bone of contention became why Big Brother punished Kemen for something that TBoss had asked for, ‘tacitly’ and otherwise. This, inspite of the video that told a different... Read More

BBNaija, consent, kemen, nigerians, Rape culture, Sexual assault, tboss

January 24, 2017

The Thread: This is how we entrench rape culture in Nigeria

Nigerians have a long way to go when it comes to understanding issues that centre around the mistreatment of minorities- children, women etc. The comments under this lady’s story are revealing of the retarded psyche the average Nigerian possesses. Our capacity to turn on the victim of a crime, instead of the perpetrator is baffling... Read More

nigeria, perverts, Rape culture, The Thread

January 16, 2017

Opinion: Nigeria’s faux modest culture

by Nana Aisha Salaudeen “You went visiting a man alone, what did you think would happen?” Those were the first words my friend, Bintu received from her family when she placed a phone call home informing them that she had been raped. She had dropped by her boyfriend’s place to talk things out because... Read More

abuse, Nigeria's faux modest culture, Rape culture, sexual violence, women

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