Feminity Archives - Roseline Adewuyi

STOP THE CRUCIFIXION; SOME SKILLS ARE NOT INNATE

By roselinePosted on July 21, 2019Posted in CultureTagged Daughters, Family, Feminity, Motherhood, Stereotypes, Womanhood, Women2 Comments

Society puts so many ridiculous expectations on women and sometimes experiencing it or thinking about it drives me crazy. One of the those I really hate is how you, as a woman, is expected to know how to handle a baby perfectly even when you have never had one around you all your life. Nobody […]

WOMEN WITH ONLY DAUGHTERS ARE NOT LESS; CHILD-BEARING NOT A METRIC FOR DETERMINING WOMANHOOD

By roselinePosted on July 14, 2019Posted in CultureTagged Child-Bearing, Daughters, Family, Feminity, Motherhood, Sons, Womanhood, WomenNo Comments

“Congratulations Mr Jeremiah. It’s a girl.” Jeremiah hissed at his wife turned, walked out of the hospital and drove off leaving mother and his fifth daughter to sort themselves out. Tears ran down Angela’s face. Why was their having girls her fault? Why couldn’t he just accept that children were not hers to give […]