Popular Nollywood actor Uzor Arukwe has said that marriage places greater demands on women than men. He recently had his say during an interview on the In My Opinion podcast, and fans have been reacting.
Asked whether society had oversold the idea of marriage to women, Uzor argued that being married does not define a woman’s worth or fulfilment.
The moviestar added that he has never been a strong advocate of marriage because of the responsibilities and changes women often experience, including pregnancy, childbirth, and taking their husbands’ surnames.
His words, “I’ve never really been an advocate of marriage because I feel like it’s more tasking for the woman. She’s the one that bears the child. She takes your last name. A lot of things happen.
So, I feel society is now beginning to catch on to the fact that marriage doesn’t define or make a woman.
Growing up, people would ask you why you weren’t married at 25 or 30 and talk about how they already had five children by that age. Now, there are even women who don’t want to have children. I’ve met at least two or three.”
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