A Nigerian lady has sparked reactions online after calling out what she described as double standards in how some men judge women’s success.
The post, shared on Facebook by Her, has since generated widespread debate, with many weighing in on her claims.
Double Standards in Judging Women
In her post, the lady criticized men who praise their mothers for raising children through small-scale businesses, yet question or discredit young women who are financially independent today.
She pointed out that many men proudly share stories of how their mothers sold goods like groundnuts or roasted corn to train multiple children through school, often celebrating them as strong and hardworking women.
Criticism Of Young Female Entrepreneurs
However, she argued that when young women today succeed through legitimate means such as running businesses or learning skills, they are often accused of engaging in immoral activities.
In her words: “Men be like ‘My mother is a very strong woman… Since my father died, she sold groundnut and trained me and my 4 siblings till university level.’ Some will even say ‘My mum roasted corn, and single-handedly trained me and my 6 siblings till university level.’
But when they see a girl in today’s generation who are hair vendors, hairstylists, nail techs, lash techs, chefs, buy car or even get a well furnished apartment, they will say ‘Na lie, she dey do hookup, na sugar daddy dey give am money, na cryptocurrency she dey trade.’
But your mama wey use groundnut money send you and your 4 siblings go school from primary school till university level innocent abi? Girl wey dey do crochets to survive na ashawo but your mama wey dey roast corn to feed you and your 6 siblings, pay una school fees from primary school till university level na super woman.
Mind you, that time groundnut na N20, roasted corn na N50.
Very soon, una go carry me go meet una mama make she tell me the kind groundnut wey she sell, and the kind corn wey she roast, wey make her fit sponsor 5 children go university single-handedly since when una papa die.”
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