Lawyer and public affairs analyst, Joe Abah has queried a man who disagreed with his suggestions on running a successful home.
Joe had shared his suggestion on X, telling husbands to do house chores, especially the physically tasking ones like lofting furniture’s to sweep underneath.
However, some X users disagreed with him and told him women’s traditional roles should be cleaning and cooking, not the men’s. They added that the men can only help if they wish to because home making is not men’s traditional role.
Reacting, Abah wrote: “That’s like saying a woman can earn money and but that it’s not her traditional role. Only a foolish man will not encourage his woman to earn money as part of her traditional role. Tradition evolves. As the Yoruba say, we employ tradition when we want to cheat a younger person.”
An X user replied to Abah, writing: “Good day sir. May your day be blessed. I believe a woman’s traditional role in a family is to take care of the household by cooking, cleaning and nurturing the kids. A mother can be a mother for 60 years without earning a single penny. It’s a man’s traditional role to provide.”
And Joe replied: “So, if your woman is a software engineer with a specialism in AI, or a cardio-thoracic surgeon, or a brilliant tax lawyer charging £1,000 an hour, or Tobi Amusan (the athlete), you’ll keep her at home cooking and cleaning for you and managing with your N70k civil service salary?”
