Yes, it does! Alongside Male privilege. A month ago I commented on a post on Facebook and said that ‘Women should recognize their privileges too’ and a lady friend asked me ‘which ones?’ This got me rallied up to think deeply about my comment because to me I see us, women, as privileged in our own way away from what men have. As the exchange went on, I realized we have ignored our feminine privileges and considered masculinity the best way to live in this world. To me, this is wrong. We can’t aspire to be like men, do things men do, and the lot. We are women of our…
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Why it is ‘OK’ to beat your woman/wife
IT’S NOT OKAY! A friend posted “Why it is ‘OK’ to beat your woman/wife” on Facebook. I looked at it and wondered, ‘have we ever asked ourselves this question and understood it? Dug dip down to its core and uprooted it for study and examination purposes?’ “Why is it OK to beat your woman/wife?” I know the notion of why should we even ask such questions when someone is dying from a beating so terrible, and another filing for divorce because the man couldn’t control himself. Why should we waste our brain power thinking about such things, abuse is abuse and should be condemned, and those who do it should…
