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Felix Grace
Student, Artist and Writer @ Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
MISOGYNY IN 2025?
<p>Misogyny is not always the loud insult or the outright slap in the face. Sometimes it is quiet, wearing a polite smile. It is the professor who praises a male student for being “brilliant” but calls the female student “hardworking” as if intelligence belongs to one gender and diligence to the other. It is the man who insists he believes in equality but still interrupts every time a woman tries to speak in a meeting.</p><p>It can be woven into culture so tightly that people mistake it for tradition. A girl may grow up being told she must serve her brothers food first, not because they are older, but simply because they are male. She may hear her aunt warn her to “not laugh too loudly” because “men don’t like loud women,” as if her joy should be filtered through someone else’s preference.</p><p>Misogyny often hides in compliments that are really cages. “You are beautiful for a dark skinned girl” sounds flattering until you realize it carries the poison of comparison. “You are smart for a woman” assumes women are naturally less intelligent. These words do not always burn on the outside, but they sink deep enough to shape how women see themselves.</p><p>It can be deadly too. In some parts of the world, women are denied education not because they are incapable of learning but because someone decided knowledge is wasted on them. In workplaces, it can mean a woman’s promotion takes twice as long because the unspoken rule is that leadership looks like a man in a suit, not a woman in heels.</p><p>The worst part is that misogyny often feels normal to those who live in it. People will say “this is just how it is” as if “how it is” must remain “how it will be.” But the truth is, every time someone challenges it whether by speaking up in a room full of interruptions or by raising a daughter who knows her worth the fabric begins to tear. Change is slow, but silence is slower. And the more we name misogyny for what it is, the harder it becomes for it to hide.</p><p><br/></p>
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