The 'I dont need a man' comes from the consternation and hurt of being denied the proper respect. It's funny that you come out of us - our bodies- and somewhere along the line, you find it convenient to disrespect us. Even in human nature needs....
When you are not there, the mother has to step up and ease the pain. The pain of lies spoken. The pain of some of you being there and somewhere along the lines bruises and broken limbs appear from your fists of fury. How about the sexual touching of your seed? (o yes, this happens even amongst knowledge brothers). If you touch the boy, you confuse him. You awaken things prematurely and then confuse him w/the whole 'be a man' thing...smh...You touch the girl you terrify her. You have shattered her whole picture of what a man is. It is unlawful. Not just unlawful in society at large but unlawful in the natural sense of family. Thankfully, this is not going on in every village (house) but the percentage is not as low as one may think. Lets just stick to these few things. The mother then has the task of either stepping up or stepping out; meaning that she can acknowledge and cancel the whole family order or she can pretend it doesn't exist to keep the family order. Decisions, decisions....The children are watching. Drugs are abused to dull the pain of the current reality one is involved in. Unfortunately, once all of the substance abuse is over (hopefully, because many die in it) there is still the issue of dealing w/why one tried to escape in the first place.
'I dont need a man' does normally gets qualified w/other things behind it....

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