Nigeria's poisonous patriarchyNearly every country has some way to go to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030, in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5). But for a country like Nigeria -- where toxic masculinity pervades politics, the economy, and society -- the challenge is particularly formidable. Toxic masculinity describes adherence to norms of "manly" behaviour, such as suppressing emotions (other than, say, anger) and asserting dominance over others. Only five of Nigeria's 24 cabinet ministers are women, and none of the country's 36 states has a female governor. All people have been suffering under the yoke of toxic masculinity for too long.

Source: Bangkok Post July 01, 2019 03:46 UTC