Steemit Engagement Challenge Week # 3 || Defend The Statements || Be the Critical thinkers we want to see! || By @b-naj

Special greetings fellow steemians. Although my Week 2 was quite discouraging, i push on to week 3 and hope it would be a little better. I am here as early as now to drop my entry for this contest which contributes to the Steemit Engagement Challenge introduced by the Steemit Team.
I this contest, we are required to chose and defend 2 out of 4 statements, and add a third compulsory statement to be defended; thus a total of 3 statements to defend. Below are the list of statements i shall be defending, starting with the compulsory statement.

• Votes are not guaranteed - SC01
• A woman's place is in the kitchen.
• Money is more important than love.

Votes are not guaranteed - SC01

That statement was sent out with respect to Steemcurator01 and Steemcurator02 curation accounts. As you can see, i didn't put the "@" sign before mentioning the SC accounts because it is prohibited, yet we find some steemians taking such an opportunity to flood the notification page of the SC accounts with unnecessary mentions. At first, i was very much not okay with this rule, but i came to the realization that most often than normal, my publications get noticed if i put in much effort, time, and creativity into my work.
It is worth noting that so many factors are considered by the Steemit Curation Team such that, you may even be amongst the first 5 posts, yet miss out on the upvote.

• The rules of every contest must be followed to the latter, and even if all rules are followed, these organizers of said contest cannot fully guarantee that SC01 or 02 will grant an upvote. The Steemit Team work independently of said organizers.

• A times, the quality of your post might not be the best with respect to word counts, steemexclusiveness (originality), proper citations, presentation, copyright free images, and so much more. Now, your publication might adhere to the conditions of most of these characteristics, but missing out on just 1 spoils the whole article, thus you miss out on an upvote from SC01.

• Your publication might meet all these criteria and even more, and qualifies perfectly for an upvote from SC01, yet it is withheld due to the use of bit bots on your publication. The Steemit Teem greatly frowns on the encouragement of bit bot usage.

• Considering that your post is somehow perfect with no bit bot service whatsoever, you may not receive upvote due to you not belonging to at least 1 club status. To be able to receive support from the Steemit Teem, you must belong to a club status.

• If you are a club member with high quality publication, you may miss out on the SC01 upvote if you have powered down within the last 30 days. This is put in place to encourage those who chose to add value to the Steemit platforn by holding steem as SP.

• Also, you might miss out on upvotes from SC01 if you aren't active (not upvoting, commenting or resteeming other steemians' publications). The only way to grow on steemit is by supporting one another.

• Still, you may meet all the requirements and not get an upvote from the SC01 account because the allocation of votes are decentralized such that everyone is eligible to obtain support biweekly/monthly. As such, do jot expect to get SC01 support on all your quality publications always. Nonetheless, stay active and alert, you never can tell when others are inactive and the Steemit Team chooses to go about, rewarding great contents.

It is logically impossible for SC01 upvotes to be guaranteed for all publications, on a well populated and decentralized platform like steemit.

A woman's place is in the kitchen.

This statement is highly criticized today in the bid for gender equality, especially when they consider it as a form of oppression. From my point of view, i do not see it as that, rather i see it as an indirect way of applauding the women.
When you hear the word KITCHEN, what strikes your mind first🤷🏻? If the word FOOD wasn't your answer, then i don't know how you're going to get my point. Nonetheless, i'll do my beat to expatiate on the point i make.

• Whenever we talk about the kitchen, we most definitely would think/talk about food. Kids love food, and as such, women (especially mothers) would readily connect with their kids and some relatives via filling their bellies. There's a saying that goes thus, "A hungry man is an angry man".

• In the days of old, the men were automatically picked and attributed the heavy lifting and most strenuous jobs, while the women would align themselves with farm work and cooking. This was so because physically, man is built to handle the most strenuous works, and women could very easily relate and take care of the house, thus the occupation House wife.

Many people have different responses to the statement "A woman's place is in the kitchen", but they fail to acknowledge the fact that their responses are different because their understanding differs.

I support the statement because women deserve to be pampered while the man does other duties because just women got their hands full with keeping the family (men inclusive) in good shape. Remember that you are what you eat.

Money is more important than love

Many people would say money is the route of all evil, but i would say the love for money is the route of all evil. Talking from experience, it is a terrible thing to be poor, especially if you used to be well off. Of what use is love if you can't take care of the one you love. Don't get me wrong please, i'm not trying to put words in your mouth, or impose a choice on you. Live is good, but it becomes a big burden when you decide to choose love over building a future while still able to stack up cash. Have pity on the young guy/lady you intend completely frustrating by taking on more responsibility when you can't pay up your bills while saving up at the same time. It becomes a huge problem when you can't readily provide for someone you claim to love (guys especially). Be it in Africa (where the man most often than normal may adopt the responsibilities of the woman's entire household), or some other continent (wherein both parties could readily contribute to build up), choosing love over money will have a retarded effect on your financial status. Love is good, but first getting financially stable and capable before placing attention on love is even better. Don't be fooled, don't rush into making money the wrong way, be patient and work diligently for what you possess, so as to spend it wisely.
Money makes loving someone much easier and comforting. Caring for someone means going all out for that person, without money, you find yourself in a pickle.