These are some of the statements I have read and heard self-professed Nigerian feminists say about Linda Ikeji which solidified they are jokers.
"Linda Ikeji's wealth is not from blogging, she must be sleeping with someone" - slut tagging/ supporting the notion that successful women must have slept/ are sleeping with someone.
"Linda Ikeji is wrong, she is a woman. she should not buy expensive things or show off her possessions" - Telling a female to live according to societal norm.
"Linda Ikeji deserves all Wizkid dished to her" - supporting slut shaming & violence against women.
"Linda Ikeji wants to destroy Wizkid's career by reporting him to the police. She did that because she has money and power" - supporting the erroneous belief that women cannot be trusted with money or power
"Linda Ikeji talks too much about male blokos. She is a woman it is wrong"- Supporting the sexual inhibition of women
"Don't you just love the funny memes of Linda being single trending online, serves her right, right?", said the Nigerian feminist happily. - Supporting shaming of unmarried women
I decided to use Linda Ikeji as an example because she embodies what feminism is about "a self independent woman who can do/ achieve what society believes a single woman can't"
Yet we have our so called feminists supporting slut shaming, violence and all kinds of things against Linda Ikeji simply because she is not downtrodden enough? She made some offensive reports? She is not personable?She is successful without being married?
When they encourage ills against Linda Ikeji, do they not understand that they support everything their movement is against? Do they not understand they are empowering men to slut shame/ threaten violence against women they dislike? Do these jokers not realise they are justifying our society's ill-conceived beliefs of women?Do they not realise, their attack clears our senators from not signing bills protecting women?
Most Nigerian feminists "hate" Linda Ikeji because she is the closest to what feminism is about. They have no idea what feminism is? Thus, cannot come to terms with a real feminist.
Maybe there is something in the air that makes beliefs and movements take different forms in Nigeria. That would explain the case of self-professed Nigerian feminists.
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