The Africa culture has presumed roles for men and women and some men still hold firmly to such roles regardless of the new age we are living in especially when it comes to marital roles and baby duties.
Amber Ray recently shared on her Instagram story how her lover Kennedy Rapudo was caring for their daughter. She posted a video of him giving their daughter a bath. She compared him to her Kikuyu baby daddy who she claimed would never have assisted with any baby duties saying he viewed it as a taboo claiming that it was a woman’s work and that their culture would not allow it. She shared how then they had no house help, she had to fetch water from the borehole to wash clothes and her baby’s nappies, cook and still stay awake the whole night taking care of the baby. She then added that having Kennedy helping with the baby is one of her prayers answered.
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Leading to the question of what is a woman’s and a man’s roles when it comes to baby duties and caring for a child in African society today. Are women still expected to do all the aby duties as the men sit tight? Is bathing the baby seen as emasculating for men or is that a backward and outdated culture?
Men who still view taking part in caring for a child as taboo are living in a cultural bubble.
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