Manasseh Azure Awuni has criticised what he describes as a worrying trend of misogynistic commentary triggered by the ongoing domestic dispute involving the family of highlife legend Daddy Lumba.
In a post addressing reactions on social media, the investigative journalist said he deliberately stayed away from the details of the family dispute, noting: “Since the Daddy Lumba family controversy broke out, I have avoided reading any of the stories or the debates.”
His concern, however, is the retrogressive views some men have shared under the guise of advising women. “Some men seem to be defining marriage in narrow terms, from the dominant position of power,” he wrote.
He referenced sermons and posts suggesting that women are responsible for preventing men from straying, describing such thinking as outdated.
According to him, “Any man who believes that the duty of his wife is to stay home and take care of him is not fit to be called a husband. That man is a child who should go back to his parents to be taken care of.”
Reacting to Atik Mohammed’s claim that “the decision of marriage is strictly the man’s,” Manasseh dismissed the view as fundamentally flawed.
“If you are a man who thinks marrying a woman is doing her a favour, then you are missing a major point about marriage,” he argued, adding that leadership in marriage is largely ceremonial and not a validation of male superiority.
He further challenged men who see domestic work as a woman’s obligation. “Mr. Man, it is true that your mother did not teach you how to cook. But it is also true that your father did not take you through ‘atopa’ tutorials. So, if you have learned to have sex on your own, you can learn to cook.”
