Nigerian Women Made Everyone Pause To Listen With #BeingFemaleinNigeria on Social Media
In Nigeria, a woman’s worth can often be measured by her marital status and her ability to produce offspring. So young girls and women are brought up to believe that motherhood is an inevitable part of their future existence. Well, is this really true? Nigerians women today took to social media with the hashtag #BeingFemaleinNigeria and they got the whole world to purse, listen and contemplate! Below are some we think are really mind blowing, you can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them but what you cannot do is to ignore or not stop to think about what these women are saying:
#BeingfemaleinNigeria The vendor in traffic will put the Forbes Magazine behind and automatically offer you Fashion and City People.
— Ijeoma OgwuegbuUduma (@IjeomaOgud) June 30, 2015
I should succeed but keep in mind that I cannot be more successful than the man in my life #BeingFemaleInNigeria — Jaruma Magazine (@jarumamagazine) June 30, 2015
#BeingfemaleinNigeria sharing the tea and coffee during board meetings is something you should be good at naturally. — ERELU (NTA) (@MsNemah) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria people be like don’t flourish ,don’t prosper if you do.it will scare men away and you will remain single. — Tumi (@RomokeW) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria “Please borrow me money afterall you’re a woman. What do you need money for?” — Bibiire o se f’owora (@yew1e) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria your husband slapped you? Sorry. What did you say to make him angry? Go and beg. — Strokahuntas (@sassylabelle) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria basically means you have to do more to earn anything close to what a less committed male earns — JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria From 25 till death you will be bugged about 1. When will you marry 2. When will you born 3. We want boys — Young Billionaire (@shadeladipo) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria means you are more likely to start a business than a woman in USA. http://t.co/Dpo2kA6rnr — Amenze Iyamu (@amenzeiyamu) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria You are a lady you cant be seen to be too smart, sometimes pretend not to know anything, men like submissive women. — Abang! #OpenNASS (@AbangMercy) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria You cant drive an expensive car before you get married, you will scare away men if you do,pretend you don’t have money — Abang! #OpenNASS (@AbangMercy) June 30, 2015
#beingfemaleinnigeria You should be in charge of the kitchen and checking on tea supplies in different offices. Engineering work. — Otto (@ottoline_o) June 30, 2015
Chai *sighs* “@FlorenceWarmate: Don’t show him your real character , be quiet till he puts the ring on your finger #beingfemaleinnigeria”
— Bohemian chick (@Chicasa) June 30, 2015
#beingfemaleinnigeria don’t do too well so guys don’t get intimidated
— Eji (@girlplusgrace) June 30, 2015
#beingfemaleinnigeria if you’re meeting a man for a job interview, make sure the door is kept open. Please. — S. (@saratu) June 30, 2015
#BeingfemaleinNigeria jettison your own dreams for whoever is the current man in your life. Especially if he favoured you with marriage. — Ijeoma OgwuegbuUduma (@IjeomaOgud) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria Dr Stella go and marry, only your marriage certificate matters.. PHD is nothing. — Fola (@SheCrownLita) June 30, 2015
#BeingfemaleinNigeria sharing the tea and coffee during board meetings is something you should be good at naturally. — ERELU (NTA) (@MsNemah) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria You can’t buy property.. Unless you are married first.. If not, you won’t find a good man. — Ized Uanikhehi (@zegbua) June 30, 2015
Don’t seduce a man by wearing fitted clothes , do you want to get raped?! … Ashewo #BeingfemaleinNigeria
— ERELU (NTA) (@MsNemah) June 30, 2015
If you’re not married at a certain age, you must have your “destiny” checked. #BeingFemaleInNigeria
— Ruth | Owiwi (@Olurounbi) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleinNigeria When someone says you’re smart, 90% of the time it’s not a compliment. — S. (@saratu) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria You have to decide btw Ambition and Family….. God help you If you want both — Young Billionaire (@shadeladipo) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria Being smart doesn’t matter. Having a good job doesn’t matter. Just shut up, get married and give birth to many babies — Deola Adebiyi (@d3ola) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria you can’t choose to be childless, what’s the purpose of your womb.. your mum gave birth to you. YOU MUST HAVE YOURS. — Fola (@SheCrownLita) June 30, 2015
Hardly ever do ppl think your hubby might be the reason you’ve no kids. It has to be you. #BeingFemaleInNigeria — Mark Amaza (@amasonic) June 30, 2015
I hate this phrase from men in meetings “what she’s trying to say is…” just shut up and let me say it goddamn it! #beingfemaleinNigeria — Madame Koi Koi (@Reine_LaGlace) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria If you get pregnant before marriage, you’re in trouble. If you don’t get pregnant after marriage, you’re in trouble.
— Rhodwell Ikekwame (@Rhodymite_) June 30, 2015
Guys can be aggressive. It’s allowed. But a furious woman lacks home training no matter what upset her.#beingfemaleinNigeria
— Chike (@TheKayy_) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria You are a lady you cant be seen to be too smart, sometimes pretend not to know anything, men like submissive women. — Abang! #OpenNASS (@AbangMercy) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria You cant drive an expensive car before you get married, you will scare away men if you do,pretend you don’t have money — Abang! #OpenNASS (@AbangMercy) June 30, 2015
“Husband buy me car” or “daddy buy me car:.. I’ve heard that so many times when I’m driving. Lol. Warri police #beingfemaleinnigeria — SisiYėmmié.com (@Sisi_Yemmie) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria Vulnerable pregnant schoolgirls are expelled immediately; when education is the lifesaver for her & her unborn baby. — Chinello Ifebigh (@Chinello) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria Nigerian parents don’t expect you to date but expect you to be married at 25. — Chukwuebuka Akara (@ebuka_akara) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria Family members trying to find a man to “calm you down ” because you’re too outspoken and autonomous — Nne.nna Legalise (@theAfroLegalise) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria means men are scarce and you just have to manage anyone at all that so much as looks at you. Hook him, he mus nor go
— Rinsola Abiola (@Bint_Moshood) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria is not about feminism, it is about common sense. We all know our society makes being a woman a tough job!
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) June 30, 2015
When she gets raped| why did you dress like that? When she gets beaten by her husband? | What did you do to him? #BeingFemaleInNigeria — JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) June 30, 2015
No makeup? “But you won’t get a man.” Glammed up? “You look like a whore/you’re trying to steal someone’s husband.” #Beingfemaleinnigeria — Ms. Lamide A. (@LAkintobi) June 30, 2015
+ves of Nigerian culture: #BeingFemaleinNigeria, a good CV makes you a good CEO, being a good homemaker makes you a good mother and wife
— Nigerians (@9ja_Revolution) June 30, 2015
#BeingFemaleInNigeria means you may not train to be an engineer, architect or excel in math or physics because ‘they are masculine subjects’
— Déttie (@Daytea_O) June 30, 2015
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