No Man Is Born Believing That He Has Dominion Over Women.

No man is born believing that he has dominion over women. Instead, this view is handed down from generation to generation and amplified trough social custom, culture and popular media.

Values, cultures and norms are important as they help to define a person. These cultures however could be dangerous when the values they possess are informal. Its not a new thing that most cultures see men as a superior gender to the female. This is common practice with the African tradition.

African tradition is majorly centered on Patriarchy. This is a social system whereby men hold the primary power of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property. This system is associated with a set of ideas that justify dominance of men against women.

No man is born believing that he has dominion over women. Instead, this view is handed down from generation to generation and amplified trough social custom, culture and popular media. It is our cultures and traditions that make us believe this unacceptable way of life.

This practice has suppressed African women in the modern world. There are so many potential leadership positions which women could take and handle so well that it would make so much success; but the dominance factor limits this. This dominance factor has led to men taking women for granted, driving opportunities away from them, limiting women’s achievements and success and go as far as committing violent acts against them in the name of superiority.

This act should be shunned as both men and women are all humans and deserve the same rights and should be treated equally. We should take a deep reflection of this and make things right because truly, a woman deserves as much right, respect as a man does and she is entitled to leadership positions in all spheres.

The culture and tradition that teaches us that men are superior to women or that men have complete dominance over a woman should be ignored to the full. Constant awareness should be round through all medium to emphasize on the fact that men and women are equal in all ramifications.

If women like Okonjo Iweala and Kamala Harris are doing great things today, and also impacting the lives of people around the world positively, more women if given the chance can do better. Women are not weaker gender, they are very organised and great achievers.

Gender has nothing to do with wisdom, success, knowledge, integrity, intelligence and intellectual abilities. Men and women should be treated equally with same respect, and utmost importance.