I tend to think that, ours was the last generation that raised real men. The state of Kwagamaya which is the hub that raises real men, has not disappointed. Simple lessons of leading from the front as a man cannot be taught solely by a woman. A male figure is vital in creating an atmosphere favourable for moulding a boy into a man. Unfortunately, a father figure is needed even in homes with male parents. All the concentration has been shifted to spoiling the girl child in the name of loving our daughters.
Education for a girl child was the most important thing while we were growing up and two decades down the line, a boy child has to raise himself. Slogans like ‘Educate a boy child and educate an individual or educate a girl child and educate a nation’ were heard everywhere. Almost given publication needed for a national agenda. It wasn’t that serious and parents still gave relevant attention to the boy child. Boys grew up to become real men and took responsibility with a smile. The same applied to the girls who grew to become real women. Those women who were submissive and secluded their presence from drinking joints. Women who prayed for their families and religiously participated in church agendas. They understood their husbands pride and guarded his ego with their lives. This was a generation before the white man came to our homes with phrases like ‘what a man can do, a woman can do better’ and many other misleading catchphrases. Walking in a club in Nairobi today, it’s a confusing place to understand. Logic does not explain to understanding. Almost looks like a parents day but parent and child behaving like couples.
Call me stone age but my idea of marriage (family) does not deviate from those given in the Good Book by the creator Himself.
If I was a toddle in this era , I would opt live to die a virgin (Just discovered that virginity does not kill). But STDs will surely kill any soul whether deserving or not. As per the saying, “There is no Virgin in a maternity ward”. I guess its fate for the first timers same as the all timers. I do not agree with “Team Mafisi’s agenda and neither do I side with Team Sponsor”. In my world, we call the latter prostitution and the earlier fornication which ought to be against the law by all standards. I do not fancy the sight of a younger girl in company of an old, shameless, stone age, male prostitute who offers money for sex. Neither do I fancy the sight of a young, lazy man sleeping with his could have been mother or grandmothers classmate. Call them sponsors or Sugar mummies, it is an ugly affair and the concerned parties ought to be admitted into a mental institution.
Nobody wants to marry a reformed prostitute who has been open to anyone with cash and wants a tumble. No one will keep such a woman for a wife. I will not introduce that kind of woman to my mother.
As a matter of fact, I will leave her at any opportunity I get and offer burnt sacrifice to my sleeping ancestors apologizing for ever getting involved with such a woman.
Who taught women to smoke and drink like their father? If you fancy that kind of company, you should fancy a lifetime of solitude after your sponsor damps you for another younger damsel or even better he dies of old age.
If you desire to one day settle in a good marriage, then you ought to understand that purity comes first. That of the body and mind. We all dream of steady, firm and warm breast. We want to fit into and not be told to go harder. No need of test driving if I know that am buying a new car. Might have some technicalities before it adopts to my mode of driving but that’s fine. I will not complain, I will gently take the challenge with a smile and I will own it. A woman who has kept herself pure and in prayer will surely not have a careless dude for a husband. She can be assured that the God of the Bible does not sleep. His judgment is just and his will is what is best for us. She who knows how to submit will surely know how to cook as cooking is a large part of submission.
I have no kind words for those that don’t have integrity. What is a broke young man doing in a night club? If not making money as a staff member, then he is scheduling himself for poverty. Alcohol should be sold to the elderly. Those that have inheritance to leave to their children and passed to the other generations. Who taught these girls how to tweak and fuck for pleasure. Who said learning to chock weasel (BJ) comes before house chores? These men will pay a harlot for these things to please the flesh and seek a good woman’s hand in marriage.
You can teach a dog not to eat raw meat and keep a brood of chicks or teach the chicken self-defense and lose them one by one. By bringing up a boy in the light of the Good Book, Teaching him to abide in the light is the only way. He will protect your daughters and govern them accordingly. Before formal education, girls ought to be introduced to informal education. Morality, purity , self control and self dignity is key in a woman.
As sure as the sun rises from east and sets in the west, “You will never get Mangoes on a lemon tree.”
By Dr. Musoosi