If you have ever wondered how deeply patriarchy has influenced our daily lives as women, here is one example you might not immediately think of: the infantilisation of women. There is a way society positions men as the default adults, people who are capable of being in control and making rational decisions. Women, even as grown adults, are portrayed as more vulnerable and in need of guidance from men. Theoretically, it may not seem like a big deal, but in …
Author: Miracle
CNN recently exposed a website that hosted over 20,000 videos of women who had been drugged and filmed by their partners while they were unconscious. The site had recorded around 62 million visits. Imagine millions of …
One area of global health policy that is most talked about and yet least understood is reproductive healthcare. Most people know it is important, but only a few understand why it matters, who influences it, or …
Someone will look through my old photo album and find those pictures of us together. The one we took under that tree, with you completely unaware of the camera, would most likely catch their eyes, and …
Dear Society, the boys you refused to train are harming the girls you’ve spent years trying to discipline. On Thursday, March 19, Nigeria woke up to disturbing news it would never have imagined. Men from the …
PART 2 Despite their agreement, they still couldn’t stay away from each other. Instead, they started soft sexting. It began as just a flirty comment about what had happened the previous night and the suggestive stickers, …
In Nigeria, it is easier to publicly discredit a woman who speaks about rape than it is to get justice against the man who actually committed it. Rape in Nigeria is drastically underreported. In fact, national …
PART 1 Olivia locked eyes with Noah as she slowly sank to her knees in front of him. The tiles were cold beneath her, but she barely noticed. Her focus was on the way his breath …
82% of romance readers are women, and most of them discover the genre between the ages of 11-18, which is precisely the period when their ideas about love, sex, and relationships are still forming. I am …
Valentine’s Day does not start in February; it starts at the beginning of the year. From the first week of January onwards, you start to see memes, quotes, tweets, countdowns, suggested Spotify playlists and the whole …