The Things a Kenyan Woman Have To Go Through On a Daily Basis
The Things a Kenyan Woman Have To Go Through On a Daily Basis
Kenya is a male dominated State. What a man has achieved in a year, a woman has to work twice as hard as the man to attain it in the same period of time. In the past, she has been highly discriminated in the office, at home and in the general society. Cases of sexual harassment have been reported in these places too. A Kenyan woman is expected to be a wife, a mother and bring back home something by the end of the day. Juggling these roles is not easy and sometimes it is conflicting. She must have a strong character and be hardworking to be able to fully fit into all the roles at once.
Get a good job is not easy for a Kenyan woman. Even getting a promotion is not an easy task too. Some bosses want to sleep with her before they give her the job or promotion. Other bosses, being female have the stereotype that a woman's role is only in the kitchen. Others do not want a woman bossing them around as this is intimidating to them. If a woman is raped in Kenya, the first thing most Kenyan men ask is how she was dressed, where she was and what time it was. If it was late and she was dressed smartly [confused for scantly by Kenyan men], they would say that she was asking for it.
Some of the rural communities do not see the need of educating the girl child. They only bring her up to be able to fetch them a good bride price when they give her away in marriage. Some girls have been known to have been given out in marriage when they were barely ten years old. This normally happens where the family is very poor. The child is married off to a very old but rich man who pays a ransom to the family. The government is trying to fight this off and it is now a criminal offence to marry off a minor.