Nigerian activist, Lolo Cynthia in new post spoke about how piercing a child’s ear reinforces the accepted appearance for girls.
She stated that piercing a child’s ears at birth is just to point out their gender and gives the child no choice to choose if they want pierced ears or not.
She wrote;
“The only reason the ears of your female child is pierced at birth is to point out her gender.
“It’s a harmless practices that is founded on gender construct.
“It takes away the ability of the girl to choose if she wants pierced ears & reinforces the accepted appearance for girls.”
See tweet below:
The only reason the ears of your female child is pierced at birth is to point out her gender.
It's a harmless practices that is founded on gender construct.
It takes away the ability of the girl to choose if she wants pierced ears & reinforces the accepted appearance for girls
— Lolo Cynthia (@Lolo_cy) February 22, 2020
Also in the news today, Nigerian singer Simi took to the micro blogging platform Twitter to school her followers on feminism and the need for gender equality.
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