In these parts, marriage is viewed as the ultimate— for women. As young ladies move a little past their teenage years, parents begin to mount pressure on them. If time passes without a husband to show for it, there’ll be snide comments, tears, family meetings and set-ups even, all in the name of “you can’t bring shame to this family” or “I want to hold my grandchildren before I die”. There’s no end to the type of shameless pranks African parents will play just to see their daughter(s) married off early.

You’d think with the rise of the feminist movement, this trend will fade away, but that isn’t the case. It has been observed that women are getting married later and later (particularly educated and career-driven ones); however, the desperation (to be Mrs) on the part of daughters and mothers alike still remains.

Dayo counsels women to break with that pattern and to hell with the consequences. We agree.

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In the fight for equality for women, a lot of people say "feminism is going to break up marriages and families"… You know what? That's okay.

If your idea of a successful marriage is dependent on the oppression of women, then it's not really worth it at all. Scatter it all!

— Dayo the Champagne Socialist ? (@TrophyHusbandD) December 11, 2017

It's all about market forces. If enough marriages scatter but it means women have equal social, marital, employment rights, then in the long run it will be worth it.

If marriages sticking together means so much to men, then they should take more responsibility in making it so.

— Dayo the Champagne Socialist ? (@TrophyHusbandD) December 11, 2017

Atta boy!