What Are Women Worthy Of Being A Marabout?

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Almost everything within this system works in favour of men. The normalized belief that being a marabout is only for men makes it easy for men to attain the position just by being mediocre. However, to be taken seriously or be accepted in any measure a woman must walk a fine line of being absolutely amazing at what she does, but never claim to be amazing at everything because “only a bad marabout can do everything” (cite later). Women have to emphasize their abilities because if they do not make it known that they are good at what they do their clients will just have more reason to believe that women are not worthy of being marabouts. The actions of one woman reflect on the whole population of women though this situation never happens to men.

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