"A word is enough for the wise”, they say but in our society today, many words isn’t enough; in fact it seems like it’s making many; more foolish than before!
What more must be said about gender violence and promoting human rights? Ehn? A grown ass man/woman leaves his/her wife/husband and starts pouncing on his/her little girl/boy? Egbami (help me) are you mad?
(In marred tone) What would a female/male toddler give you that a female/male adult won’t? What pleasure would a ‘needle sized’ vulva or penis give you that a ‘tunnel sized’ one won’t?
Haba?! It is soooooo official, it’s not devil o! The perpetrators are the devils themselves!!
(In unmarried tone) to all those whose blood are raging and even more violently than vampires; yours is just out of this world; you don’t just suck blood o, you actually force the blood out in form of rape, harassment etc. What a world! Ahhhh! Why don’t you just get yourself positively occupied, for as we know, an idle man is the devil’s workshop! The truth is God has buttered you up with sweet talents; why not use them well, no matter how small, just do something worthy! You simply have no excuse!
Don’t begin to exercise your “hammer” on ‘soft cotton wool turned hard nails’ in your own evil eyes… ahn ahn! O ma se oo (it’s a pity oo). Don’t you know the pain, hatred, anxiety is lasting, more than you can imagine! For the sake of procreation, future fruits, sanity and sound humanity at large; please stop!!!!
The preciousness of children goes past their sex—I say this because every child is a blessing for they all come from God and as a parent, friend or relative; it’s your responsibility to see to their greatness because they’d either be sources of making or marring society— their output is still dependent on your input. If not so, God would have dropped children from the skies and wherever they land, they take it up from there as lone rangers but no! Our wise and great God sends children to different homes and attaches them with beautiful uniqueness; please help them deliver well!
Now my question is ‘what are you doing for and to these children’? Are you listening to their inner voices, those little words they aren’t saying clearly or at all? Are you scolding and at the same time embracing them? What are you doing exactly?
Well, I hope you can answer these questions and in all sincerity begin to act on your loop holes!!
You don’t expect to heighten their sexual sense at an early age by violating them and still expect smiles or warm actions in return. Which kind of magic is that? Let me burst your bubble; that magic doesn’t exist and never will!
To fathers, uncles, brothers, male cousins, nephews, male friends etc. who claim to find pleasure in tender bodies of female children; you are bundles of destruction to yourselves if you don’t know it and more so to these children; PLEASE STOP IT! It’s evil, it’s hell-fire calling, it’s ungodly and it’s animalistic!
I know I have said one too many words but hear this; “every human has a right especially the right to be heard but not withstanding all ill and Godforsaken acts should be rightly justified and punished—don’t hide it; if the actor is your relative or friend; please overlook this and call for justice! I know it may be hard to turn a close person in but if you can’t physically turn him/her in, please prayerfully turn that person in; the earlier the better for us all because a mad dog will remain a mad dog unless caged and disciplined!
Be reminded, it takes the collective effort of everybody to see to the end of gender violence! Don’t wait until you are directly affected!
I really don’t know why this insanity prevails but if you were told somewhere that your joy or your greatness is in between the legs of these young ones or in violating people (Because our generation is full of desperate XX and XY walking aimlessly looking for what is not lost) then I am sorry to say but you’re on an early rise to being a 6ft room resident where only sand remains your cover cloth for all eternity! No doubt!
YOU BETTER HEAR WORD!
Finally; speaking to the victims…. I know every act has a background story, for example an innocent rape victim who turns out to become a lifetime undertaker of revenge, a violated boy who becomes a sex-chaser, an emotionally traumatized girl/boy who turns out to hate men/women to the extent of ‘ending’ any man/woman who as little as nudges her (even jokingly)…. Hmmmm and the list goes on and on but I tell you my dear, you are not defined by that background—come on, get yourself together, shake it off, yes you can do it! I know you may doubt the love of God and question His silence on that unfaithful day you were broken but hear me today, God still loves you! Please try to talk to someone, I know the stigma hurts but talk to anyone who has a good enough heart to hear you out.
Don’t give up,
Don’t give in;
Stand up and fight this!
You are strengthened from heaven and all will go down well with you in Jesus name! Amen!
©NkemLola
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