Egalitarianism By Chimamanda

What 's it mean to be young and female in Nigeria? “It was angry, very angry! But in addition to being angry I was also hopeful’. Gender matters every day in the world, We do boys a great injustice in how we raise them, we stifle the humanity of boys… we teach boys to be afraid of fear….The Adiche(2012). Adiche in the video articulated her desire for egalitarianism within African society because of the variances in the experiences of herself as a female and that of her male counterparts. Adiche like many other feminist analyses the effects of these socially constructed roles of gender both for males and females how they negatively affect especially the female on different levels. Adiche speak of feminism, Patriarchy, African Feminism,

If there is reconstruction of the ideology both men and women will be liberated because males often find themselves trapped in this thought of Patriarchy which forces them to do desperate things. Minett exaggerated that biological differences between men and women, make certain that men always dominate or masculine roles that women always gave the subordinate or feminine ones. Cited in Tong (1989, p 96). Tong’s thoughts also are in support of Chimamanda’s idea that men will exceed their capabilities to achieve what is expected of him as a man, even when his wife can achieve it for them both. In that thought is also the idea that women ought to limit their potential in order to spare men’s self-esteems. Illogical a thought that one gender on the basis of biological make up have a duty to refute her abilities that of a man especially if he is under

Additionally, this indicated that the work of Caribbean feminist directly correlated to their efforts to make life better for women and minority groups. The experiences of both genders in the Caribbean and Nigerian society have similarities and differences i.e. the construction of femininity and masculinity in both societies is characterized by grave power struggles. Moreover, the struggles in relation to which gender role is associated with public and private spheres, politics, leadership and industrial sectors has not transformed in any significant way. While the Caribbean has seen some level of moderation in gender construction of femininity, there are still a grave disparity between men and women here in Jamaica. And these constructions are more often than not fuelled by other oppressive constructions such as social class, color, race and even geographic location. Likewise the Caribbean idea of feminism has become a challenge because, like Nigeria people were of the impression that such a movement was developed around breaking the norms of motherhood, family and the idea of being wives. Feminist intent is towards empowering women to achieve