Hi, i’m Victor Okwaro, the author of the Kenyan article in question-it’s interesting to see the reactions, opinions and discourse on it, and i appreciate all the feedback, whether positive or negative-the article was actually not meant to be a heavy, serious article, it was supposed to be light-hearted and funny, and not really a serious investigation of gender roles-I wanted people to laugh and say ‘yes, i know someone like that’ .
It is true though, especially in Africa, that it is still a male dominated society, and women still have a long way to go before they can really claim equality, so that is not in question-but lets agree that some of the ladies in the article do exist and i’m sure we all know someone like them whether in Africa or the first world-the picture i painted
in the article was exaggerated in the article for emphasis.
The point though was that for women to be able to compete with men in corporate’s, business and in society in general, they have increasingly become more like men, for them to get ahead and compete on the same level-now whether this is a good thing or bad thing, people can decide for themselves and see what works for them like many have said above-In African cities especially, there is now a clash between traditional roles that are expected of women (home making, cooking, mother, etc) and modern roles that they have now at work/society/socially-i think there definitely has to be a balance, and indeed there are plenty of powerful women who are able balance these career, relationship and family roles with ease, and kudos to them.
thanks again to Britni Danielle for highlighting my article, and to all for your comments and responses
it seems it’s not just the “strong independent black woman” that america has exported to Kenya, it seem that uncle tom careerism has arrived there also.
Wonder how many ordinary Kenyans are being sold out so that Kenya’s tom class can have SUVs and strong independent black women sitting on the boards of multi-nationals?
pfft!
What a load of rubbish.
More black people tryna act white and being about 30 years late in the white they’re tryna act -
as usual.
These “women on the rise bucking gender roles” discussions are old, stupid and boring, and don’t ring true in the age austerity that has seen 100s of1000s of women lose their jobs in the ongoing attack on public sector services, an employment area where women tend to cluster.
I’m guessing this is even worse in Kenya.
sheesh!
All this distraction crap these people write to make it seem like we’re in good times.
Hi, i’m Victor Okwaro, the author of the Kenyan article in question-it’s interesting to see the reactions, opinions and discourse on it, and i appreciate all the feedback, whether positive or negative-the article was actually not meant to be a heavy, serious article, it was supposed to be light-hearted and funny, and not really a serious investigation of gender roles-I wanted people to laugh and say ‘yes, i know someone like that’ .
It is true though, especially in Africa, that it is still a male dominated society, and women still have a long way to go before they can really claim equality, so that is not in question-but lets agree that some of the ladies in the article do exist and i’m sure we all know someone like them whether in Africa or the first world-the picture i painted
in the article was exaggerated in the article for emphasis.
The point though was that for women to be able to compete with men in corporate’s, business and in society in general, they have increasingly become more like men, for them to get ahead and compete on the same level-now whether this is a good thing or bad thing, people can decide for themselves and see what works for them like many have said above-In African cities especially, there is now a clash between traditional roles that are expected of women (home making, cooking, mother, etc) and modern roles that they have now at work/society/socially-i think there definitely has to be a balance, and indeed there are plenty of powerful women who are able balance these career, relationship and family roles with ease, and kudos to them.
thanks again to Britni Danielle for highlighting my article, and to all for your comments and responses
Pah!
it seems it’s not just the “strong independent black woman” that america has exported to Kenya, it seem that uncle tom careerism has arrived there also.
Wonder how many ordinary Kenyans are being sold out so that Kenya’s tom class can have SUVs and strong independent black women sitting on the boards of multi-nationals?
pfft!
What a load of rubbish.
More black people tryna act white and being about 30 years late in the white they’re tryna act -
as usual.
These “women on the rise bucking gender roles” discussions are old, stupid and boring, and don’t ring true in the age austerity that has seen 100s of1000s of women lose their jobs in the ongoing attack on public sector services, an employment area where women tend to cluster.
I’m guessing this is even worse in Kenya.
sheesh!
All this distraction crap these people write to make it seem like we’re in good times.
smh!