Amarachi
“It’s a girl”, announced the doctor after several hours of labour.
The sweaty, completely tired mother heaved an unhappy sigh as she lay against the pillows…wondering how the child’s father would handle the disappointment of the news of a sixth daughter in a row when he desperately wanted a son.
The man pacing anxiously outside the labor room walked off angrily when he received the news. Another girl? No way, he was done!
Barely a month later he was presenting wine to the father of another woman who he hoped would birth him sons for a change.
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“It’s a girl”, mumbled the boy in fear,cowering away from his father holding his results sheet.
The man abruptly jumped to his feet and slapped him hard in the face.
“A girl beat you? You let a mere girl beat you to second position? You’re a disgrace! No girl should be able to beat you unless you’re a weakling! Get out of my sight,you sissy!”
The following term the news broke that a child had been poisoned by an unknown schoolmate.
She lay in a critical condition in the hospital and missed her exams. The boy triumphantly went home with the coveted first position that term.
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“It’s a girl”, announced the male secretary with a snicker as the next applicant was called in for her interview.
“I beg your pardon”, the young woman corrected him in some irritation.
“Please refer to me as a lady”, she corrected him politely.
The panel conducting the interview stared at her as she took her seat.
“You do realize that we emphasized the position was for a male only?”,demanded the head of the crew impatiently.
“I’m a qualified engineer sir”, courteously said the woman before them. “I do my job as well as the next man and I know my onions as far as the field of aeronautical engineering is concerned. My qualifications speak for me, I also had a first class-”
“We do not want a woman, period!”, snapped the CEO, letting her know his pun was very well intended. “Let’s not waste each other’s time,please. Next!”
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“it’s a girl”, giggled the caretaker over the phone.
“You mean a woman”,corrected the Landlord. “Well, let her husband sign the agreement form and pay the initial deposit into my account”
“I told you its a girl”, snickered the amused caretaker. “She’s not married. No ring on her finger but she has the complete rent right now and she’s willing to pay everything at once”
“No way!”, screeched the Landlord angrily. “No unmarried woman enters my premises. They are always devious and promiscuous! Tell her the flat is unavailable!”
The caretaker turned to the unhappy young lady by his side as the phone went dead.
“See what I told you? The man is adamant. I advice you get a guyfriend of yours to pose as your husband if you really want this apartment”
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“It’s a girl”, announced the unhappy umpire after counting the votes again.
“Are you kidding me?? Don’t even let them hear it outside this room! We shall count the votes again. And if she still wins,we’ll tell them otherwise. The VC will have a seizure if he hears we’re getting a female Students Union president instead of his favorite candidate. And you want to lose your share of the cut he promised us??”
“I definitely agree with you. Women are trouble, I swear. We shall count again. Probably manipulate the figures if we have to…”
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“It’s a girl though”, said the agent from the Nanny’s agency.
The woman shook her head with displeasure. ” No,thank you. I prefer a male help please.”
“Male helps are quite scarce at the moment,Madam. And our girls are very well trained and well behaved too”.
“Unless she’s extremely ugly or perhaps elderly, I don’t want any female help. The last one almost seduced my husband and thereafter screamed rape when she was caught. I do not want a repeat episode please” sniffed the pissed client.
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“It’s a girl”
“Oh,she’s a woman”
How many times have these words 👆inspired fear, a sense of threat, or outright discrimination?
The girlchild is often perceived as an inferior human in our society, often from birth she is already on a race against time to self actualization and proving her self-worth.
Many a time she grows into adulthood and loses herself in the battlefield of motherhood and wifely duties, and forgotten till she is needed again by a man for one thing or the other.
But slowly and surely,times are changing.
Women are no longer just building homes and raising children, they are building enviable careers and shaking the world.
The universe is fast realizing that the girl/woman is not just a Vagina but a Brain.
Shout out to all women all over the world.
We are getting there.
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