STATUS OF WOMEN IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES

 Women were separated from their husbands they couldn't sit with their husbands while eating but instead sat with the Children bse eating together was a sign of equality.

Forced marriage was carried out to the Women as parents wanted material things and neglected the girl or women's feelings

Polygamy was allowed among the men which put women in a difficult situation as they were looked at as property of men and had to compete in order to win the mans love.

The birth of a girl was taken to be normal while a boy created happiness and was accompained by a feast in the community

Women were denied a chance of eating delicious food stuffs which denied them food values e.g in buganda Women were prohibited from eating chicken, grasshoppers that they would make them barren.

Women were a source of entertainment to visitors. it was a hospitable gesture to give a wife to a male visitor for sex e.g among the Banyankole it was called okwarirana meaning laying a bed for one another.

Women were regarded as property of the men and that is why men would at times beat their wives esp those who were sturbon

There was much inequality btn men and Women because of their sex differences. Women were considered to be a weaker sex and therefore inferior to men

Women were given hard tasks like digging ,fetching water, caring for Children while men would just eat go for games and attend meetings.

Childless Women were humiliated, they were looked at as a source of curse and blame was put on the Women. men would even be Forced to get another woman instead.

There was female genital mutilation carried out on Women which reduced on their sexual urge eg among the KikuyuWomen of Kenya the labia manora was cut off in order to prevent adultery.

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