The issue of the sex dolls in Nigeria has become so high has
many people are tweeting and talking about it on different social media,
Nigerian Women seems uncomfortable the way men have been taking about the
introduction of a sex doll which can do mainly everything a physical woman won’t
be able to do in the other room like they called it.
maybe Shakira (like
they call her) is not harmless. But since she was unveiled so much shade and
hate from Nigerian Twitter that she must be wondering what She ever did to
anybody.
Let us give credit where it is due.
The conversation about sex dolls
started when photos of this new, sex doll named Shakira that finally made a
splash on social media over the weekend and most notably, early Monday morning.
Photos of her first in suggestive poses
have been circulated since then.
Naturally, men have begun to wet their appetites. On
Twitter, users have explored the full range of what the malleable doll can do.
The spate of insensitive jokes has also been endless.
This is not particularly suprising.
Are we
surprised that men like sex?
Even though one can make the case that the doll is made of
rubber, the design is made to arouse the basic instinct in most men.
There's a reason why since they became a thing, sex dolls
have grown into a major market in their own right.
Men are inclined to talk about these sex dolls because,
frankly, they will talk about anything that is even closely related to sex.
In a way, Nigerian Twitter has been waiting for this day.
Recently, social media has always been an agora for
confrontations over what men and women can and should not do in relationships.
It has spurred numerous narratives and questions such as
whether good sex is enough to sustain a relationship or whether a woman who
doesn’t know how to cook fried rice on a Sunday afternoon is a true Nigerian
woman (whatever that means).
Most of these conversations have put men and women on either
side of the fence as to what it takes to satisfy a Nigerian man and maintain a
relationship.
The sex doll presents a unique twist; an object whose only
purpose is sex.
Understandably, the humor in the situation is completely
lost on most female commentators on social media.
Since the photos of the doll came out, the reactions have
been a mixture of outrage, disgust and downright ‘What is wrong with you
people’?
And while it’s easy to see how a well-crafted doll that’s
capable of having sex might raise a few issues, there really shouldn’t be any
comparisons between the doll and actual women.
When the average Nigerian man talks about what is required
of women in relationships, a lot of emphasis is placed on sex, as well as other
issues like managing the home, cooking, financial prudence, respect and others.
However, there is a common trope that Nigerian men are
insatiable and that their appetite for sex is what truly matters to them.
But the question I am still asking is, is sex all
that really matters in a relationship?
What is your view on this?
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