Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, has stirred a bit of controversy after sharing his opinion about single mothers, stating that they cannot raise boys properly.
He declared, “A woman can’t raise a man, they’re not built for it. A single mother cannot raise men properly.”
You need a man that you trust and there has to be a male presence because women are naturally built to nurture, to love. If you’re going to raise a man, he’s going to be everything like that man that left you. You need someone who would discipline him and teach him how to grind.
Recalling an incident while on holiday in France with his son, the actor shared how he handled a situation where his son was bullied during a football game.
I was at a beach at the side of France once with my son. He was playing with a bunch of kids and I think he got tired. He’s a terrible football player so they dribbled the hell out of him and took his ball. When he came back to me crying, I didn’t even act like I knew him and I told him to be a man. One of the mothers of the sons stepped aside to watch how I handled him, this is why you need a man.
His comments have since sparked mixed reactions, with many arguing that single mothers are fully capable of raising well-rounded men.
See reactions below:
Women in general don suffer shaaaa. Every eke market day, women this, women that.
Lost my dad at Age 11- my mother raised my siblings and I! The farthest thing I’m from is a weak man, if I tell you what I have been through in this life and what I have achieved someone who has their both parents fit craze if them go through half. Single mothers raise weak men! Mumu talk!
