honeric01:


This has nothing to do with where I work or where she works..

infact, I am suppose to be glued to csbc if its by where we work..

I think it has more to do the society.. the society encourages women to be narrow minded when it comes to general knowledge..

She's a guru in math and accounting but apart from stuffs connected to these two and maybe religion, entertainment + fashion yadayada, the rest are zeros..

she's picking up though because she can sense the gap and have started working on closing it.. funny enough, I contribute more into her interest (except math) than an average woman lolz.

kinglekan:


Just went through the articles you posted. Nice one, especially the one on banking, sales and investments. (Still need to digest its content though, especially on hedge funds).

Although they still don't prove anything about Nigerian women cos these were stats carried out on women with different backgrounds, race and ideologies.

Like I said in my initial post and like you rightly said in your comment, there are no stats to prove or ascertain these facts when it comes to Nigerian Men and Women.

Our arguments would only dwell on logical assertions and experiences. I made a point earlier on Page 2, there is a particular radio program on "The Woman" and yet when its time to make valid contributions, very few call in. Even when the OAP's categorically state that only female callers should call in.

You might raise the argument that they are busy doing something else, but yet it beats my imagination that when issues such as fashion, food and entertainment are discussed, our ladies easily pick interest.

Suffice it to say that its a "Nigerian tingy" for ladies not to be interested in intellectual issues?

More so being knowledgeable is being well informed and while a lotta ladies raise the argument that they are only knowledgeable in things that they pick interest in, furthermore proves Men right.

I for one would not say I am well grounded in every issue, as a matter of fact I am NOT. Yet I read about things I don't have a slightest interest in. Am not a literature person but a thread came up few months ago on Adichie and El Nathan and I took my time to go through it. I learnt a lot.

nonjebose:
Ok oo. But your question was not fair sha.

Chinum:


Typical male chauvinist. Stay thr chest beating while the said females over ride you.

vfactor:


I do agree with you that the society hasn't helped women with regards to education. But i think the comparison is between and average Nigerian guy and girl who have both attended a university and obtained a degree. The question is, can you engage an average female graduate in conversations that ranges from politics to business, fashion to literature, history to current affairs, etc, and she gives her own contributions no matter how shallow it is?

I have met a couple of knowledgeable, intelligent and wonderful Nigerian ladies both online and offline and i hold them in high esteem. Ladies who would motivate you to be better. The same cannot be said for the majority i ve met.

dany87:
You have misinterpreted my statements. What I wanted to say is that the fact that you have married a less intelligent woman does not mean that is always the case. All things being equal, I'd rather marry a more intelligent woman who is kind and faithful over a less intelligent woman no matter how beatiful she might be. What do you ladies think? Would you marry a less intelligent man, who was faithful and not violent, over a man who cheated on you and beat you up but was more intelligent than you?

Emdeejay:


I always find myself agreeing with you. My first comment stated why I don't contribute and it's because of the uncivilized act of name calling and other forms of verbal bullying. And my last comment talked about the tradition in Nigerian homes. I left nigeria when I was a teenager so I can't speak of the situation right now but even here in the states, studies show that women have higher enrollment and graduation rate from college.

You're becoming my celebrity best friend in my head lol.

MrsChima:


Huh It was simple and direct! You chose to be invasive with your answer!

dany87:
I think you are quite right, and you are intelligent supporting her. The influence of this society is very strong, and changing old(and new) stereotypes is hard if they receive no support

dany87:
Possibly, the influence of society as a whole affects all women, even those who can go to uni. Imagine, If you were the only girl in your area who had the chance to go to university, and all your female friends could not, do you think you would not be influenced by what your other female friends do and think? Only if you did not talk to them after going to uni and change your social circle of friends you could be able to get away from that to some degree. This is all very complex.

dany87:
Well argued!! ^^

kinglekan:


MrsChima I dey greet oo

lestat:


You my lady!!!! Deserve more likes, you coherent, intelligent, reply left me so happy... it's rare to find my fellow men even here on nairaland type such a matter of fact yet un provoking reply.. I hail thee

goodmorning40:
No women are jars of knowledge, it's just that they are busy humans they have a lot of things acting in them and on them that they do not have time for arguments and opinions unlike guys who are always idle minded and free headed
And that is why crime is more in the guy folks; idle minds

Borrussia:
I can see you've tried so hard to stand your ground in here, and I must commend you for that. But what I don't understand is the way you avoid the recurring points stated by me and some other intellectual folks to repel the ones below your iq standards. Common, you can do more than that, it is implacable.

nonjebose:
You need to be objective in your comparisons,questions and judgement. Re-read your earlier post and my response. Smartness is not only intelligence,but a combination of many other things which I have listed earlier. My partner is smart in many areas of smartness,and that is the reason why she feels that she is as smart as me. When you consider all things being equal,most ladies I have come across want men that are smarter than them. Don't bring in subjective conditions

nonjebose:
Can I ask you same question.

queensmith:


What recurring points are you making that I've failed to address?

MrsChima:


You can't ask me the same question because I am not your sister. Duh.

MrsChima:


Bite me

blublahd:

Forgive me, i just had a hard-on sticking your way

blublahd:

In sum, you are saying her reasoning and deductive conclusions are baseless and void from your standpoint?
And if it came from a newspaper article would be tenable?

blublahd:

You didnt quite grab my message, you claim nigerian culture inhibits its female, but my stance is women across the world at some point faced their own difficulty, its a phenomenon that cuts across all race. Lets not pitch nigeria stand now against a country that has surpassed such inhibition in its past history.

blublahd:

You were the one who made referrence to nail saloons as a place not to find intellectual female.
Now by your assertion intelligent females may be at nail saloons but i shouldnt expect an even intellectual chit-chat going on there?

blublahd:

your earlier quote was, its possible to debate an inherently daft gender by permissble analogies(by you).
How logical is that stance if not thoughtless sentiment?

nonjebose:
Evasive response.

Borrussia:
Who invented the matches you use in kitchens, stoves/gas cookers, pot, cars, fridges, law, security, drinks, bed, tv, bicycle, plane, clothes, houses, astrology, education, computers, phones and every other things we can't do without. Or do we not have female scientist and technician. What exactly has females done to help boosten the development of her country or are the males educated specially before inventing these things.?

I'd love to know.

Borrussia:
This statement is an excerpt of how a dumb mind reason. Were talking about how Nigerian girls don't participate in anything intellectual and educative and you're talking about lecture halls and George Bush. Does that even make sense to you?

kinglekan:




I for one would not say I am well grounded in every issue, as a matter of fact I am NOT. Yet I read about things I don't have a slightest interest in. Am not a literature person but a thread came up few months ago on Adichie and El Nathan and I took my time to go through it. I learnt a lot.

Borrussia:
Who invented the matches you use in kitchens, stoves/gas cookers, pot, cars, fridges, law, security, drinks, bed, tv, bicycle, plane, clothes, houses, astrology, education, computers, phones and every other things we can't do without. Or do we not have female scientist and technician. What exactly has females done to help boosten the development of her country or are the males educated specially before inventing these things.?

I'd love to know.

queensmith:


OMG I have covered this!!! Please read my previous posts!

Your statements on 'who dominated' and 'who invented what' has nothing to do with intelligence!!! GOSH!

there's actually a few things you have mentioned invented by women but as I said it's irrelevant

Cutehector:
Have u met beamborla? She is very intelligent and she frequents d politics section a lot and doesn't care abt d bashin! Buh she dey eff up sha.

dany87:
Your own view of smartness is fairly subjective. I does not really have much to do with the topic of being knowledgeable or witty. If being smarter means being more elegant or any other positive characteristic, it becomes quite subjective whether a man would be smarter than a woman. That is truly more subjective than my own argument. Intelligence can be measured, and I do not think women always like to marry men more intelligen than them, if they have some nasty qualities as well.