The Feministic War on Masculinity
By: Arese Sylvester
Tags: Nigeria, Toxic Masculinity, Masculinity, Nigerian Writing, Feminism

Do I think feminism is getting out of hand? Yes, of course. It was cute at first, a trendy thing to add to social media bios, but it’s annoying now. Thoroughly annoying.

I don’t think feminism in itself is a bad thing, I just don’t think it’s an idea that’s compatible with Nigerian women.

It’s like every babe now wants to be a feminist and sometimes it’s not even neccessary. Most of them are just men-hating witches disguised as feminists and it’s disgusting. I don’t think feminism in itself is a bad thing, I just don’t think it’s an idea that’s compatible with Nigerian women. Leave it for yankee people abeg.

Women as a whole are needy things, but you see Nigerian women? Completely dependent individuals. They swear they don’t need men but expect their significant others to foot every bill they incur.

I’ve had up to eight girlfriends and I spent some time studying them. They all went from depending on their parents to leeching on whatever man they called their boyfriend and I think it’s the same for ninety-five percent of the women in this country.

Some just hide it better.

“From the very beginning of time, men have always been providers.”

If I’m being honest, I don’t really mind it. Mostly because that’s how it’s supposed to be. From the very beginning of time, men have always been providers. That’s why Nigerian women should leave this feminism thing in the gutter where it belongs. It’s just not in our culture.

We should have definitely nipped this thing in the bud when it first surfaced but we didn’t and now women are getting bolder. And the funny thing is, it’s mostly fueled by single, bitter women.

I don’t rate any female that identifies as a feminist. Don’t even come near me with that word. Like you now, you’re a child and you’ve probably never had a boyfriend. What do you know about men?

Nigerian women have let social media westernize them.

It started as a joke at first but now it’s undermining masculinity and I’m getting extremely aggravated. Nigerian women have let social media westernize them, now they’re spitting big and useless words. It didn’t stop at feminism, now it’s toxic masculinity.

Hian!

What even is toxic masculinity? Abeg, make we hear word.

Masculinity is masculinity and that’s the end. We’ve all had a good grasp on what masculinity looks like from our parents and grandparents but suddenly in 2020, everyone thinks they know better than the people that have been here the longest. Is it until we wear makeup and gown like Americans before our masculinity is seen as non-toxic? God forbid please.

Let’s not even talk about how hypocritical Nigerian women are, they’ll talk about toxic masculinity and misogyny but still break up with you for expressing your feelings. It’s laughable, honestly.

It might look like I’m exaggerating but there’s a whole war against masculinity and men as a whole going on and if we don’t open our eyes, the next generation of men are going to be weak degenerates.

And even when Nigerian women cry about how misogynistic and toxic we are, it’s still this same penis they’ll come to collect.

Some sentences in this article have been paraphrased for easy comprehension but Edidiong’s intent remains the same.