Men are scum. That’s the explanation for all of the things wrong with the world. Oil price has fallen? Men are scum.
Mr Eazi‘s mixtape is not sweet? Men are scum. Jhene Aiko dumped her husband and started knacking another man? Men are scum.
The only thing men are not scum for is – forget it, there’s nothing; men are just scum.
Like Njideka Akabogu of STAR, I too was minding my business when I stumbled this piece of hers: If You Needed One More Proof That Men Are Scum, This Twitter Thread Is It.
The long and short of it, some Bisola lady was relaying her story of how she found out that her ‘boyfriend’ was married and even though she felt something was ‘off’ about their relationship, she went along with his perfectness.
Turns out that Mr Oga is married with two children. Therefore, ALL men are scum.
Hi Guys. Bisola here. I’ll be taking over #AmericanHoney’s TL today to tell you that this #MenAreScum thing isn’t just bants but fact!
— American HoneyNG (@AmericanHoneyNG) February 14, 2017
Okay. So maybe some men have a propensity for wanting more than society claims is enough for them (Father Abraham was dashed a concubine by his wife yet modern man must take only one wife abi?)
But how is that the fault of the rest of us that have now been tainted by the ‘scum’ brush?
Thankfully, that was pointed out to Bisola by another Twitter handle.
@AmericanHoneyng So sorry you had to go through all that. Please don’t judge all men by this one man’s deeds. #MenAreNotScum
— Campari Nigeria (@CampariNigeria) February 14, 2017
Although, in fairness to Bisola, meeting your boyfriend at the mall with his family and him having the cheekiness to ask what your name was when you walked up to him is cruel and unusual punishment. (It’s funny too, I’m sorry)
Part of me wanted to turn back & disappear, but on 2nd thought, I walked over to say hi. My “BF” replied, “Oh hi, what’s the name again?”
— American HoneyNG (@AmericanHoneyNG) February 14, 2017
However, it would be tragic to use that as an excuse to stop dating forever and ever. Because in actual fact, men are S.C.U.M.
The rest of us are tired of debating this and like we did when Yoruba boys were being slandered as ‘Yoruba Demons’, we have embraced the ‘scumness’ and flipped it into something else: Sexy Cool Understanding Magnificent.
See ehn, life is too short to be angry and afraid of dating. The rest of us are sexy, cool, understanding and truly magnificent men.
If our Nigerian women stopped taking the ghosts of their previous relationships with them, maybe, just maybe they can get to live a little.
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