Okija_juju:

What has being beaten by Naval men got to do with women achievment in Naija??

Men also get the same treatment and evenworsein Naija. Infact, I can bet that if it was a guy involved, he would most likely have been shot. That woman got it bad, but I've seen and experienced worse.

lucabrasi:

@poster
like someone commented already is a patriachal society SAME AS LITERALLY ALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES,INCLUDING SOME ASIAN COUNTRIES however branding the uzoma okere incident a result of sexism is an unreasonable assertion and a slap in the face of the many killed and maimed by high handness and brutality of nigerian police,navy ,army e.t.c

how r bout the guy murdered on the foot ball field by the police?
or the guy murdered in cold blood right in his car?
the group of ibo boys killed?

are they female??

iice:

It's a patriarchal society, what do you expect?

As for the convoy thing, isn't it 'well' known to stay out of the military's way?

Yes it's sad, bad and they can be cads but you do what you must and can to avoid things like this if it is within your power.

iice:

I didn't mean it in that way
Naija society caters more to the men. The world revolves around the man. In the home, with our parents, at work, how men approach women. Not saying that women don't have their rights, just not equal to that of men.
The british have a more fair balanced society with regards to individuals

lucabrasi:

as unfair as the situation is in nigeria women are generally seen as the second in the chain of hierachy in contrast to the united kingdom,us e.t.c where women come first,children come second,the dog comes third then the man makes up the rear

JustGood:

You will need to ask more men about that in UK, and don't forget to visit the site of fathers for justice while you're at it.
You need to poll British men to know if they feel the society is faily balanced.
Being fairer to women than most other countries is different in meaning from a fair balance

Ok fairer to women then.  Happy now?

Inked_Nerd:

I am in no way surprised by this. We're talking about a county that takes pride in holding women back. What do you expect? We're talking about a society that will bend over backwards for men while walking on the backs of their women. This doesn't shock at all.

Inked_Nerd:


Oh really? Would you care to explain to me why it's "nonsense" and "lazy"?

Inked_Nerd:


Lmao, fine call it what you like. Call it "lazy", call it "nonsense", if those words suite you then good for you. Nigerian culture tends to cater more to men than women. Let's not act as though there isn't a huge double standard within our culture and many other parts of African culture. As for the "home-wrecking gold-diggers", last time I checked, it takes two to tango. I'm sure those men involved with these supposed "home-wrecking gold-diggers" knew what they were doing when they decided to step outside of their marriages. I was watching a Youtube video recently about a West African girl who was talking about an argument she had with an old friend of hers. This friend of her's said to her "Behind every married man there is a woman and behind her is his wife", the guy who made the comment argued and used it as a means of justification a man's infidelity and said that women should just deal with it and accept things for what they are and that that was just how African society was, mind you, there were guys who agreed with this guys and encouraged what he was saying. Now if a woman were to take on the same idiotic notions of that fool, then the interpretation and reaction of such a comment would be would totally different. I'm am in no way saying that the life of a Nigerian man is easy. I know it its not. The life of any Black man is never easy. I have a father and I take note of how hard he works to attain everything his has accomplished in life but I'm not gonna sit her and act as though there aren't issues here. Just because we [Nigerian women] may not be as restricted as women in Saudi Arabia doesn't mean that we aren't restricted at all. As for you asking if there were a ceiling, yes there is a ceiling. You may not see it but it is certainly there.

iice:

I didn't mean it in that way
Naija society caters more to the men. The world revolves around the man. In the home, with our parents, at work, how men approach women. Not saying that women don't have their rights, just not equal to that of men.
The british have a more fair balanced society with regards to individuals