Who Takes Care of the Needs of the Male Child?
by The lamentation of a woman, a mother of two girls who has noticed the great focus given to the female child while little or no attention is given to the needs of the male child in the society.
The boy child on the other hand has been left far behind!
He has plenty of forces against him. Cases of boys brutally battered by their fathers or other relatives are rarely reported, they have been neglected. Many boys are rarely emotionally strengthened. They have been mauled instead, because they are expected to solve their problems. “Men don’t cry?” or do they? They are forced to hold back anger instead of being trained how to handle anger. No wonder they easily become easy target to crime.
It is statistically true that a boy will easily turn to crime and oppose the law more than a girl would. This is not due to his physical strength or his dare-ability but because he has not been taught how to handle problems emotionally.
For those who believe in creation by God, God mandated the man to be a breadwinner. Such great responsibility requires great strength. Strength in this case involves Spirit, Mind and Body! There is the need to be balanced in all the three areas. It is interesting that such balance is taught to a girl child in female empowerment programs while the boy does not benefit since he is not included in such training. It is interesting that there are plenty of men involved in female empowerment programs yet they fail to acknowledge that the boy child need to be empowered too. The growth of a child should a concern to all, whether the child is male or female!
Who is taking care of the boy child?
The strength of any human being should accompany the sense of responsibility. If the society is going to empower women only, then the expectation for responsibility from the female factor should be equally high. “To whom much is given, much is expected” right? Otherwise it will be one way of creating Women of Mass Destruction; an inbalanced society.
The question of equality should not mean empowering women and girls while ignoring and bringing down the men and boys but to give them equal opportunities and therefore the respect of all humanity.
Let us not deny the need to empower the boy child. He should be nurtured, emotionally and morally built as much as the girl child is.
What are we doing for the sons of Africa, the boys, the men in this world?
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Post CommentPresto
On April 8, 2009 at 10:15 am
For sure someone has to take responsibility of the little guys in the world. They are so ignored, worse still those who grow without their fathers end up failing emotionally. How bad can it get?
jacki otieno
On April 27, 2009 at 7:25 am
I totally agree there is a gap,we are protectig the girl child who will end up in the hands of the boy child whom we neglected.This makes the work done in investing in the girl child a little bit useless.