Men Should Wash And Clean Because Women Also Work – Teniola Aladese

Teniola Aladese

Nollywood actress Teniola Aladese has come out to speak up about gender stereotypes and roles in the home. She recently had her say while speaking on the That’s What She Said vodcast, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, she questions why household chores are seen as a woman’s responsibility rather than a collective one, and it only proves that societal expectations regarding domestic labour must change.

Teniola added that men involving themselves with domestic chores does not affect their masculinity or make them less of a man.

Her words, “Why can’t a man wash plate? Like, why do we keep perpetuating these gender stereotypes?

A woman will cook, wash plate, and the man will just work. But women also work. We go out there, we hustle just like them.

Why is it that the moment we come home, it’s the woman that has to do everything? Cook, clean, wash… everything!

Our mothers might have done it, but times have changed. Both genders are working now. So why can’t the man help with the plates?

It’s not about being less of a man. It’s about partnership. Stop with these stereotypes. Women are tired. We work too. Let’s share the load.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.