While the world tries to rewrite its wrongs with women, I wonder who's striving to help 'The Man' unlearn what he's known all through the years.

Here's a shocker, no one actually takes the time to teach boys who to be in the society. We simply grow up learning independence and 'masculinity' from whatever view society tables before us. Trust me, all that we know is hard to unlearn but imperative to. I remember asking to be taught how to cook and my mother replied: "No son of mine will learn how to cook". By the way, that was a really long time ago. Would you blame her though? Her mother probably didn't teach her brothers. Who knows?

Growing up, all I saw at home and in other Nigerian homes was how much work was put in to ensure women knew their place in the family and also in society. While you might flare up at that, it was normal for most of us and somehow, the girls never complained. They just couldn't. Well, they didn't know any better. Back then, anytime a girl stood up to a boy, you'd hear words like "don't you know he's a boy". A typical African boy living in the same house with a young African girl would 'expect' her to cook, clean, and take care of the menial chores around the house. Well, he would tilt towards the more 'manly' duties in the home. In Africa, a woman's place has been below the man for a really long time. The reality of that is made clear from a very young age. It is sad but true.

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