The jury is out on the conduct of professional/accomplished women in marriage.
Are they adequately prepared like their lesser educated and exposed counterparts? Are these ones better suited to the marriage institution?
The recent hullabaloo in the camp of celebrity marriages is a drama too many.
Some relationships conducted with pomp and pageantry have publicly crashed under a year. With accusations and counter accusations flying from all corners on social media.
The gory details and drama are reminiscent of popular Nollywood flicks.
Have you noticed that gender based violence is no longer male denominated?
Now women are also known to be the aggressors.
Have you noticed that when men are reported to be the aggressive ones activists and online in-laws are usually the first to clobber them.
There’s no length that they won’t drag the supposed culprit, they will gather like pack rats over a fecund prey as they spew forth various invectives.
These same people will suddenly play mute whenever cases of female violence are recorded or exhibited. Seems what’s good for the goose doesn’t bode well for the gander.
Why is there a rise in toxicity and violence unleashed against men by their female partners?
Why are they so eager to punch, swear and break bottles on the heads of their significant other?
Whatever happened to the image of the fairer sex epitomised by women of yore as homemakers and nurturers.
Take the case of a particular celebrity marriage that is rocked by violence, police arrests, accusations of substance abuse. To think that these women looked demure and feminine. The type that won’t hurt a fly. Alas!
Relationships are no longer as innocent as boy meets girl and they live happily ever after. What could be responsible for the increased aggression among professional women? What could be the tipping point of the emotional response in their relationships with their partners?
Are women more toxic or narcissistic because of their education, financial power or influence? Are they more impatient and nonchalant about marriage and motherhood?
Are they unwilling to pay the price of quality relationships and couples growth?
Professional women should take chill pills and take notes from older women, counsellors and their mothers too. The boardroom is quite different from the bedroom.
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By Mubo Okosun
Women’s Editor
