“Steemit Engagement Challenge, S9w1 : "Women Are Always Right!”

Salutation

Steem greetings from motherland-Cameroon to all ladies and gentlemen on the Steem for Ladies community. Welcome to my blog as I share my entry to week 1 of the prestigious season 9 engagement challenge.

It is an awesome week with topics as such in this amazing community. The topic of this week’s discussion is “Women are always right”🤔🤔🤔. To know if it is an assumption or a fact that “women are always right”, follow me through my write-up let’s share ideas. I will emphasize my arguments based on the guiding questions below 👇 👇.

Are women always right or do men rather give in? Give us your opinion and give us your reasons why you say so.

I haven’t seen any biological backing yet to prove this assertion. From my observation working with women and men within communities, traditional stereotypes rather placed men to be always right. A woman is voiceless when men are talking in different dimensions within society buildup.

For instance, taking decisions at home in the most dominant traditional stereotype communities, women are rather always wrong and men right. Any decision-making within the community is the sole responsibility of men because they are always right.

Notwithstanding, modernisation has also played a great role in empowering some women (though few) to break the chains of servitude men placed on them.

Moreover, I do not see a human being that is always right. Humans always have flaws in life. Whether a man or a woman, we all make mistakes in life but one should not be overemphasised as being the perfect woman or man.

In relationships especially when there are moments of argument between the two parties, some men will prefer to succumb to women’s opinion not because the woman is always right but rather because they want the argument not to prolong. Women by nature are talkative and the best way for men to end such arguments in peace is to give in to their woman’s opinion.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions. You might think you are right but to another person, you are wrong. This should not give room to unnecessary fights as to whether “A” is always right and “B” is always giving in. Society will always be at loggerheads if such statements are used.

Do you think women should get away with “being always right”?

As I earlier mentioned, society will always be at loggerheads if such statements are used. I do not believe any human being (be it a woman or man) is a perfect being (always right).

There are moments you might think you are right (well…based on your opinion) but do not force everyone to accept your opinion because you consider yourself “always right”.

If women as builders and the best household managers they claimed to be, give room for others' opinions, likewise men, society will be a haven of peace for all.

If you've experienced an incident where a woman was right or wrong, share it with us.

I have witnessed a situation where the woman thought she was right meanwhile after our investigations, she was wrong.

The woman filed a case against the husband for not taking care of the kids and is claiming to be working in another city meanwhile he is married to another woman. If you are a human rights advocate, our first golden rule is never to listen to one party and draw conclusions.

We had to summon the man for a hearing. The day the woman came to lay her complaints, she cried like a baby in our office and if judged by her actions, one will conclude she was right.

When the man came for the hearing, we read the complaint the woman tabled against him. We asked him to tell us what was happening. To our greatest surprise, the woman was wrong all along. She brainwashed the kids to accept that their father does not take care of them in front of the judge.

The man had opened a business place for the wife to be making some extra cash for the family and taking care of herself and the kids while the husband is away on duty. This was to take care of unforeseen circumstances. The man was still sending food allowance each month.

According to the man, each time he comes back home, there will be no food to eat. His wife collects a food allowance but does not buy any food items for the house.

The woman was wrongly advised by her friends who made her believe that she will be defended against her husband because “women are protected and always right” in front of the judge.

For peace to reign in her home, we asked both parties to reconcile and leave happily. The woman had to apologise to her husband and the kids and accepted her faults.

Do you have any advice (women for the men or men for women?)

The first piece of advice is that whether a man or woman, we all should accept when we are wrong or right. We should not be judgemental of each other’s opinions.

Secondly, we all are entitled to our opinions. Do not force another person to believe you are right.

Thirdly, women by nature, have their strength in their mouths, while the man’s strength is in his muscle. Positively use them and do not try to impose your strength on another person.

Conclusion.

In sum, we should learn to be tolerant of each other to enable a peaceful environment for all. Everyone is right and at the same time wrong but this is based on their opinions. This goes with the adage that “everyone is entitled to their opinions”. I will use this medium to challenge my friends to share their thoughts about this topic @eliany, @fantvwiki and @majerius.