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:
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.
