According to Nollywood actress Ini Obong Edo, some men consider “overly successful” women as challenges to their status as head of the household.
Men, she claims, seek subservient women they can “control.”
The actress stated that she prefers to be a “queen,” emphasising that she dislikes the idea of “lording over” a guy.
“Some men are threatened by women’s strength,” Edo remarked in the newest episode of Toke Makinwa’s podcast. Because we can appear to be doing too much. First and foremost, you are a woman, you are gorgeous, you are here and there…
“Naturally, men want to see you [women] not so overly successful just so that they can pull you around, you can be the woman, cook and clean and do all the basic things that they’ve grown up to know is expected of women.
“So when you get too strong, it’s almost like you’re competing with their ego. But the truth is, like I always say, I like to be the queen. I’m not a woman who is looking to subdue any man or ride over any man.
“No matter how successful I get, I don’t think I would like to have a man that I am lording over. Then what is the beauty of it? I mean, the beauty of it is me walking beside my man and he giving me instructions and protecting me.”
She added that it is hard to find men who understand that successful women aren’t threats to their position as the head of the home.
Kanyidaily recalls that Chidi Mokeme shared loved-up photos with Ini Edo on her birthday and it generated series of controversies.
