Veteran Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw has strongly criticised the deep patriarchal mindset among many Nigerian men, stating that they are conditioned to view women as inferior beings.
Speaking during an interview on Arise TV, Henshaw expressed her concerns about gender inequality in Nigerian society, including systemic biases in both social attitudes and the legal framework.
The actress pointed to religious interpretations and cultural norms as contributing factors to the way women are treated in Nigeria.
She argued that the original intention of equality has been distorted by patriarchal ideologies that portray women as lesser beings.
In her words:
‘’God created man and woman, He created the man first, no doubt, but he brought the woman from the side, not from the to head over the man or from under to be beneath him but beside, to reign beside him, to be fruitful, multiple and bring up children and grow together but Nigerian men see women as less than human that is why when you leave these shores and go somewhere else, they show you people pepper.
“You see us as this wood…even our laws, the violence against persons prohibition laws favors the man…A man is reasonably allowed to chastise his wife. Why?
“A man who marries a foreigner can get a passport for her but a woman who marries a foreigner would go through loops before she can give the same passport for her husband who is a foreigner in this same Nigeria. So what are we talking about?‘’
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