Today I walked down the Makerere hill and heard these men, okay clearly boda boda men whistle and insult this girl because her “skirt is too short”. In our society that’s acceptable because ‘boys will be boys”. They say it’s bringing about change,” let those women know that they are deluding our culture.”
Culture they say, so what happened to the culture of approaching people and telling them their mistakes rather than hurling insults at them. Well wake up smell the coffee people because why is it that those men are wearing jeans? Is it not our culture to wear “Kanzu’s”?
Besides all, it’s the time to remove or rather still push out all the stereo type thinkers and put on my thinking heels. First of all today am taking sides: in the blue corner is the macho thinker and in the red corner is me…ok well not really me but an imagined masculine me, armed with my fighting boots (that are yellow by the way) and not boxing gloves that are pink (so stereotype) no, am armed with a purple machine gun and well dressed in that dress that Sylvia owori designed.
And you the readers have to take sides and I quote,” the hottest places in hell are usually left for those people who remain neutral in war.”
So anway we are fighting sexism… (take a punch) we are fighting for dignity of all women …( take another punch) This war or battle is just to have all the women out there thinking am beautiful, I can do it, I can achieve it. This battle is for men and women to not look at each other as rivals to trample on each other but to seek to be partners in this life affair.
XXX
P.J. Orogot
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