Pictures from our visit to Loyola College, Ibadan on Friday, 14th of May 2021, in commemoration of the International Day of the Boy-Child. Here, we spoke to the boys on varying topics ranging from Peculiarities of the Male Gender, Respect for Women, Sexual Education. .
By: Ìbùkúnolúwa Dàda Image Credit: UNESCO As a child, my mum treated us so well that I thought girls were saints and the holiest beings after angels. I even wanted to be one until a girl stole my money in primary school, followed by a series of other terrible things from the same sex (I
By: Amifel Eribo. Image Credit: Unsplash/Bill Wegener Boys get a large percentage of the codes of conduct they follow regarding how to be a boy or a man from the experiences and instructions they garner from the men in their lives. Of course, this socialization or education of masculine ideals starts at a young age
By: Theophilus ‘Femi Alawonde. Image Credit: 123RF.com Some days ago, a video made the rounds on the Nigerian version of the internet. It was that of a girl – unseen to viewers – who made a show of comparing and contrasting two parking lots at a tertiary institution. The one, allotted to the students, the
One thing we can take from so many readings, especially those that aim to preach of a world that is in itself unfair, is that life is not particularly fair to anyone. Whether we want to take different phenomena into reality, the truth still remains that there will always be mishaps along the way. However,
By: Abdulmojeed Kawthar and John Jolaoso. “Cry all you want; it’s not like I care!” “Oh no! Don’t cry. You know I don’t like seeing you cry. What exactly do you say you want?” These are usually the scenarios in my home as I have two older brothers. Although these two sentences portray different personalities
By: Oluwasegun Adegoke. Image Credit: OpenGlobalRights The recurring tales (disturbing, by the way), on sexual abuse or any form of sexual harassment over the years have always predominately featured females narrating the gruesome occurrence. This raises a few eyebrows if, and truly if, men are just monster, who cannot help but sexually abuse the opposite
By: Adefokun Jucal. Image Credit: Pinterest. The Insidious Nature of Peer Pressure. Peer pressure is a common topic of discussion. It has been the subject of many talks and seminars, so much that the average person has probably heard the term repeatedly, even if they don’t understand it. It plays an important role in the
By: Oluwasina Praise Image Credit: Ray’s Photography (For Boys Without Borders) Sometime in January this year, I had a conversation with a senior colleague who made me realize that the world, as it is, is unfair towards the female gender, hence the existence of a patriarchal society. “Therefore, fighting for the side the society would
By: Emmanuel Olaoluwa. Image Credit: Ray’s Photography (For Boys Without Borders) Much, if not all, of the world’s focus on tackling the problematic educational exclusion has been emphatically structured solely around the girl-child, to the neglect of her male counterpart. By educational exclusion, I technically refer to the rampant, perhaps most prominent, challenge of education in the
Over the years, issues surrounding the boy-child and his development have not been given enough attention as required, thereby causing the areas essential for his growth to be treated with levity.
