Edit: I actually started this in May but only just finished it.
So once again in my usual LASTMA fashion, I am late to the conversation. For all the National LASTMA Directors who don’t even know what the hashtag is about, let me give you the gist.
So sometime in March this year, this guy (@Pabloayodeji) went on Twitter to rant about how a babe (@Missmoshiku) he took out didn’t agree to a relationship with him after agreeing to go out on a date with him. He went on to call her broke and hungry.
Her response to his tweet was epic!
Apparently, dude had spent just N3,800 on the date. They had seen a movie and the tickets cost N1,200. He also spent N400 on two bottles of water, N1,000 for two hotdogs and N1,200 for Yoghurt.
She transferred N5,000 to his account and asked him to use the change for public transport.
Ouch!
To make the burn worse, “Pablo” (Senor Emilio Escobar Gaviria would turn over in his grave if he knew how low his name has fallen) had previously asked his date for money to buy chicken (C’mon man! And you still had the guts to call her broke and hungry?) in a WhatsApp chat and that was how she got his account number.
First of all, I think I need to move to Ibadan! N3,800 for a date that would cost at least N10,000 in Lagos. Ibadan people, my hands are up oo! Double tuale!
The thing that really struck me when the tweets started trending was that he actually thought spending money, whatever the amount, meant she had no right to refuse his advances. Sad as it is, this is the prevalent mindset amongst a lot of men. “I did something for you, so you owe me”.
I read a post on Instagram today about a lady who got rescued from being gang raped by a guy who ended up asking for sex as his reward for helping her.
One word. Sick.
In my opinion, this has grown out of the dictates of a society which says that the man is in charge and the woman should always be subject to or dependent on him in one way or another.
Is there anything wrong in men being granted dominance or power by society? My answer straight off the bat would be no. In nature, male dominance is well established in virtually all animal species (we are higher animals after all). The problem, I think, is that man has abused this power.
Darwin believed male dominance evolved as a result of natural selection working through male competition both between and within tribal groups of males. Study nature and you would begin to get an idea of the real purpose of male power and dominance in the natural scheme of things.
Males fight to earn the right to mate with females, they hunt and provide for their mates and protect their young in most instances. So dear sir, your “natural strength and dominance” is for you to go out there and compete with your mates and not to oppress and subjugate women.
@Missmoshiku did women the world over proud by putting Pablo in his place.
True feminism, I think, is women demanding to be treated as equals with men, being given equal opportunities and their political, economic, personal, and social rights not being trampled on.
Peace out!
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