What if instead of Judging we started asking questions like "What happened to you?"
Men were once innocent little boys at some point too. Innocent little boys who grew up being taught that to be a real man they had to be tough. They grew up bottling everything up hobane "monna ke nku ha a lle". Now all the sadness they carried with them all these years has turned into anger, and because of their inability to express themselves they explode and as a result we end up with GBV movements.
One way to end GBV is to teach our young boys that it is ok to cry and to express their emotions when they are hurt. To assure them that their emotions too are valid. Nobody wants to see their little boy turn into an angry man who feels unappreciated and unheard.
It is not too late too to let the men in our lives know too that their emotions are valid and that we are here to listen. Let's do better in creating safe spaces for our boys and men to be HUMAN too.
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