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If you see how women demand
for equal rights and opportunities; you will not hesitate to
dodge any missile that comes your direction, neither will
you wait for an advise to tactically avoid their verbal
venom and assault. Nevertheless women's quest for equal
opportunities have been gradually granted, and they have
also been gradually given opportunities to serve as well as
an opportunities to be baptized into the sacred world of
Scope, Scam, 419. Whatever language you intent to apply the
result oriented is imperfection, relatively that is
corruption.
As gradual as it takes, women have so quickly become so
vested with the act of what their male counterparts have
done. Men have pushed cocaine, women do; men preach, women
do; men marry many women, women also marry many men too; men
steal, women do; men fire at will, women do; men corrupt
absolutely, women also corrupt recklessly absolutely. All
these without respecting constituting authority, they
(women) do it with utmost perfection; as they claim to be
good performers than men, so they have wittingly out do the
men, as naturally as they are better than men.
Now, all those atrocities men have committed, women have
over the years done better and graduated to the best
position. They have achieved opportunities and have used it
complimentarily at least to commensurate the lost years they
were cheated. Men have abused the law; women have done it
better, with impunity. Irked by the conduct of the Iyabo, so
much that I am tempted to write on issue that concern this
former famous family of the Nation. Notwithstanding her
social standing. This Iyabo has nothing that depict a moral
sanity, her conduct has further painted womenfolk with curry
black, except few that there upbringing really distinguish
them. Well, so much to say about her already scandalized
behaviour.
Given the antecedent of her background, one may have an
impression about her as lose, spoilt or pampered child. But,
but, but, traditionally or religiously, a position of first
child demand absolute humility and extra-ordinary sacrifice
from the occupant of the position before could get it right.
I reserve further comment concerning that area; digging out
deeply other causes could contribute to her unfounded and
uncompromising behaviour. Still in doubt, if the 'But' have
not gotten remnant of family behavioural pattern of like
“Father like daughter”. How time changes that it is now a
daughter instead of the widely popular son prefix. Thank
God, the table has tilted to the women's side. It is on that
premise that I remind women how they have been complaining
about women equality, but lost it each time they get it,
even in their marital homes.
Basically, on this note I will tell Iyabo that in marriage
there is inflation and devaluation, that value keeps going
down and down for men. You know why? I will tell her that a
woman become less and less valuable as she grows older. I
will tell her that men don't age as women do. Afterall can
you imagine seventy-year-old brood being able to con a
twenty-year-old kid? Very few women at that age have the
economic, and physical power to buy a youth neither for them
nor with stand the stress involved. Based on that I will
tell her that I will negotiate reasons I have to marry her
either for her wealth or parental background. Because,
inspite of her academic background, I may have to consider
total accepting her bordering on physique too what I
actually emphasize here center on the facial appearance or
otherwise. The “otherwise” in this context may connote, in a
downloading statement statistical look, everything
specifically attributing to figure eight formula. Those
feature that keep a man indoors. Mine is Fine Babe, Fine
pay; ugly Babe, ugly pay; period! To avoid unsavoury
marriage to Iyabo, considering her socially, morally,
politically, religiously and even culturally. Her conduct
could be liken to the story of the Unromantic Generation of
BRUCE WEBER, in which he discussed the way in which logic
has triumphed over passion in modern times: We won't have
need to find out if we are compatible, not much time
together to confirm our relationship, provided there is
wealth and influence in between. I will tell her that it is
all about the immediate gratification. Of course I may be
forced to do this because according to KIN HUBBARD “It is
pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness mine in cap
(probably anymore) since poverty and wealth have failed.
Iyabo from a rich family has failed womenhood, failed the
entire citizens of this country, and failed those who so
entrusted her with a position of authority. If wealth has
failed in the quest of looking for more wealth, how then
will poverty be classified?
Evaluating those things that constitute the failure of the
Iyabos. I will not fail either to consult an oracle to
ascertain if coaxing her to be born again will help, not
being born against syndrome, please. I prefer an oracle
because I know in my would be Father inlaws real background
it is a taboo to do otherwise without a belief in the
efficacy of Sangos, I support the idea at least, let they
white colonialists go with their hypocritic Western
religion/culture mentality. Now, back to my original
consultation of oracle, it will help find out her state of
mind, if she is really a man woman or a woman man in
Pretext. Again to confirm if she will accept to let go those
spirit that hunt the family day and Night or if the family
is completely willing to let her become a woman she suppose
to be. And that means being delivered totally from the
family's noted and persistent MISCHIEF. Categorically, this
mischief could be another middle name of the former numero
uno family, from father to daughter, what a wrong pass
instead to men, but wickedly to a woman. Though partially,
it is on a sympathetic note that the mud has spread over to
the Gbengas, with the father being alleged of tasting his
son wife forbidden food, whether True or False, it is an
irony of fates and the damage have been done still on the
family OBJ's. It is one of the dilemmas that will bolden me
to tell her that marriage to her have to be sacrosanct from
all her family in signia and symbol, otherwise, no show. I
know some like it hot, some like it cold; I like mine
extremely not to cool, extremely not too hot. But rather to
stand the test of time, how then will I cope with a woman
with a family of exuberance behaviours, outrageously,
traditionally and religiously ridiculous? I will coax her to
buy into my thinking to fit into our custom and culture
immediately if there is none available any longer in her own
land.
As well as encourage her learn faster how to respect what
ought to be respected, not only rule of law and due process,
but also the Elders who can enact these laws, and the
supreme giver of the universal law, that is GOD. For I will
let her know that the fear of God is the beginning of
wisdom.
When one fears God, will definitely respect Elders and
humanity. I will not fail to politely tutor her that her
behaviour since as a one-time political office holder has
made her a disgrace to womanhood. Those things she did like
scaling of fence, in an attempt to escape the long arm of
the law is a shame not only to the already shamed family but
also in extension to women, youths and old. I will play a
fatherly role and give her attention in case she lacked one
as a child. What a pity! I will disclose one thing to her
that in my area, Ibibio stock specifically, I learnt from
the Elders that a woman is supposed, “to know when to apply
the brake”. If interested to know more, please consult an
Elder in your locality.
All what I am saying is that paying Bride Price may not all
together help put her under legal jurisdiction of marriage.
Quite certain her family could rescue her from such a
situation by refunding the same, and that may be a reason I
make her my second wife to avoid her victimizing her rival.
Marrying her as a first wife could jeopardize chances of
being a very happy husband. Giving her unwarranted
opportunities will be letting her be exposed to our cultural
norms of do's and don'ts, that will let her also understand
universally recognized wrong of ill activities, rudish and
brutish, rigid moral standard. Likewise, will generally try
everything to let her know the fundamental prerequisite if
we are practicing real marriage. If she decides giving up
her unproportionate behaviours, but I doubt if I will grant
the relationship to have a product (child). It could be a
heart-breaking relationship if you don't know how to manage
and tame out the family spirit from her. I will try to make
her feel the ecclesiastical law of mankind, in case she had
broken from the dictates of her family and tradition.
Furthermore, I may also seek assistance of seers, prophets
and visionary etc to tell her what matrimonial home and
duties is all about. Despite her academic qualification or
elevation in the society, I will tolerate to manage her as
property that deserve a right but automatically know who is
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