Opinion: Rape and Nigeria’s Pop Culture by Frederick Adetiba
If we must address the problem of rape in Nigeria, we must adopt a holistic approach which should include paying attention to the way and manner women are portrayed in the media through pop culture. We must continue to educate the male folk to respect women and their bodies, strengthen our institutions to protect them and also ensure they get justice whenever they are violated or molested.
During one of my classes as a diploma student, my professor decided to make the session practical for us by making us watch two different videos. We did not have computers in our lecture halls and we did not have computer labs at the time. He decided to relocate the class to his office. But because we could not all fit into his office, we used the hallway.
I believe a number of my male colleagues, including my humble self, had a new found respect for women after analysing thevideo. The Awilo video, on the other hand, left us with a bitter taste as our eyes were opened to how some artistes through the media had contributed to the objectification and sexualisation of women in the society.
I am not in any way implying that the way women are portrayed through pop culture is a justification for rape. I am stressing again that it is not a justification for rape and neither do the way they dress on the streets. It doesn’t matter what a woman is wearing, it is not an invitation to rape.
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