KEY FACTORS:
1.Woman are seen as weak vessels
2.Women are bound by
Tradition,culture and Religion.
3.The do or die affairs in politics
WOMEN AS WEAK VESSELS
"Women are also seen as weak vessels,
this is one of the factors considered by
the people when it comes to voting"
--Ololainfinity (one of our readers)
In our society today,women are
generally regarded as weak vessels
when it comes to leadership
positions.Weak vessels in the sense that
we men and also most women think that
they (women) does not have the abilities
of leading or heading a very large
number of people.
Also an average man believes that
women are not supposed to participate
in politics or be in leadership positions
because he believes women are created
to be under men.
WOMEN ARE BOUND BY
TRADITION,CULTURE AND RELIGION
Most traditions,our culture per say and
religion today does not allow women to
participate in politics because they
believe it contradicts their beliefs.
Let's take for instance in the Hausa/
Muslim community, a woman is not
allowed to constantly make public
appearance,she is rather confided to
one section in her husband's house than
moving freely like their
counterparts.They are highly
discouraged from participating in
politics because of their teachings.Also
an average Igbo man wouldn't want a
situation whereby their wives will be
having the say in their homes.This leads
to women being discouraged to venture
into politics because they believe their
women will be greater than them.But
fortunately or unfortunately for
them,most of the prominent women
politicians today are their wives and
sisters.
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THE DO OR DIE AFFAIRS IN
POLITICS
Generally,Politics around the globe
today is regarded as a dirty game
played by those of hard and dirty
minds. The heat in the political world
today is very intense because of the
selfish interests of politicians who would
go miles to make sure they win in
elections thereby making politics look
like a DO OR DIE AFFAIR.
Now,going by the women perspectives
of politics,majority of women believes
politics is a thing of the men.while most
of them naturally hates politics.The
other day I asked a female friend of
mine how she feels about politicians,
lolz she didn't even allow me to finish,
she replied thus "I hate politics and
people that practise it". I told one I pray
she marries a politician but she
immediately replied "God forbid"
Have we forgotten the likes of Dame
Virgy Etiaba (First female governor in
Nigeria) Diezani Allison-Madueke (First
female OPEC chairman) Dr Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala (Former Director Of
World Bank) Aisha Alhassan(First
Female democratically elected governor
in Nigeria ) Though still in court. Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf(First elected black
female president)
My advice to women/ladies out there is
to embrace politics,you may not
necessarily wait till you contest for
presidency.Try to take up leadership
roles in places you find yourself,build
up yourself from there. And to the Men
folks,let's not discourage our
wives,sisters and friend from
participating in politics.No one knows
who will Salvage our Society!
written by: Chijioke Emmanuel
(Bishop)
