Popular Nollywood veteran actor, Pete Edochie, has accused women of the causes of domestic violence in marriage.
According to the actor who spoke at BBC Igbo stated that modern women lack basic skills like cooking to keep their husbands happy, stating that, women are usually to blame for the cases of domestic violence.
The veteran actor stated that any woman that cannot cook has lost the right to refer to herself as a woman.
He went further to say that, “Feminism isn’t something black people are known for, stating that, once a woman leaves her parents to meet her husband and takes his surname, she is to be submissive to him. Adding that, if she wasn’t married, she can do whatever she wants.
He said, “Women walk and show off their behinds, it’s so that men would find them, adding that, if you see such a woman and express your marriage interest, then she starts walking properly.
He said, “Our women now plunge into feminism nowadays. Stating that, they can’t even keep their husbands anymore. Did he ask, is that a good thing? According to him, these women are schooled but a lot of wives now can’t even cook – one thing that a woman should be good at is to be able to keep her husband.
He also revealed that his mother was not educated yet, she would cook all sorts of soups including bitter leaf, Oha, Ogbono, Okro, Egusi, Ukwa, and what have you. Stating that, his father would always get back home hurriedly to eat what his mother had cooked.
He continues that today, our wives can’t even cook anymore. Women who can’t cook aren’t supposed to call themselves women.
He reveals that feminism is what causes women to be beaten up in marriage, stating that, when you complain to a woman, she retorts.
He said, it becomes unbearable, so you stretch your arms and deal her a slap. Domestic violence starts. he also added that he doesn’t like seeing women crying because it hurts him deeply. But he also added that it is the fault of the woman herself a lot of times.
Pete Edochie said feminism has no place in Nigeria’s culture as he continues, “To be honest, the understanding of women is low. I’m not a misogynist but I’ve associated with them a lot, even at work. Feminism has no place in our culture, stating that, we don’t worship women at the white do.
He said in the west, women could join forces and accuse a male colleague of assault, the man resigns. Adding that, this can’t happen in our culture.
He said, as a young woman, if pedestrians don’t admire you, you would weep for fear of not being beautiful.
Pete Edochie also faulted the culture of kneeling to put a ring on a woman’s hand stating that it is not our culture. He said any man who does that transfers the headship of his family to that woman. Stating that, until his father died at 96, he never knelt to propose.
He referred to it that, it’s just like kneeling on entering a church because there’s a higher being to whom you’re paying respect. Adding that, men climb trees to tap palm wine, how does it look if a woman does the same? He added, today women dictate to men.
While still speaking, Edochie recalls that it was like that during his days how women talk to me nowadays isn’t how we were raised.
He said, “My mother was never beaten. My wife and I have been married for 52 years, I never beat her. My five married sons don’t beat their wife.”
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