So many times, I hear the phrase “it’s a man’s world” from
both men, and brain-washed women. While laundering, this phrase came to mind,
and I mulled over it.
In Nigeria, and to a large extent, Africa, men are expected
to be promiscuous, and the women have been brainwashed to accept this. I was a
16/17 year old starry-eyed girl when I heard a university student tell her
friend that men would always cheat, and that what one should hope for is that
he doesn’t bring such an affair to the matrimonial home.
I was gobsmacked!
I had never heard of this before, as all I had always heard
about was the sanctity of marriage.
Over the years, despite my argument with those who held on
to this belief, I’ve come to realize it’s the norm, while not cheating on your
wife is unusual, stopping short of being abnormal.
Another side to the “it’s a man’s world” cliché is that men
are expected to get married, and retire. Women complain that once they get
married, their husbands treat them as glorified housemaids, making them
question all the confessions of “I’m absolutely in love with you”. Some go as
far as refusing to look after their babies while their wives take a much-needed
rest. Some women sigh “it’s a man’s world” in resignation.
I don’t view it as a man’s world, no it isn’t. The bible
expects a man to love his wife as himself, and to shun adultery. If this is so,
men who do not obey these principles are going against the will of God.
Anything that is anti-God is for the devil.
Thus, it’s the devil’s world.
10/1/2012 6.27pm
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