Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson has joined the recent debate on the propriety or otherwise of wives cooking for their husbands.
In a video she posted on Facebook, the actress blasts Ghanaians especially the media for wasting time to talk about cooking when there are a lot of developmental issues to discuss.
Her statement comes on the back of advocacy by some feminists on social media that men must share household chores including cooking with their wives and that women who cook for their husbands are “slaves.”
This has generated heated arguments on social media, prominent among which is the Dela Goldheart and Ace Ankomah encounter.
Lydia Forson in her video describes Ghanaians as being ‘stupid’ to have dedicated more of their time to debating whether or not wives should cook for their husbands.
“It’s only a stupid country that will come to a standstill because of cooking. Think about it. We have healthcare issues, terrible roads, our economy is a mess. But guess what we’re talking about, people – we’re talking about cooking. People are angry that someone is threatening to take away the right to be cooked for. We’re upset and we’re dedicating every single moment of our lives to talking about cooking. Do you see how stupid it makes us seem as a people?,” she said in the video.
“Do you see how stupid we seem? Do we see how unserious we are that seasoned journalists, radio presenters and proclaimed intellectuals are spending all their time and energy talking about someone trying to take away their rights? Are you stupid? Is food going to build roads, put clothes on your back or change the power crises? I am shocked that we have come to a standstill because of cooking. The fact that we reduced this discussion to food shows how far gone we are,” she further stated.
Lydia Forson’s argument is that the choice of a woman not to cook should not be a problem to any man; men who want wives that will cook for them should go for such women and allow those who want women who won’t cook to also decide for themselves.
“If a man wants a woman who wants to cook, he can marry her. In the same birth if a woman feels cooking is not her thing, why can’t she find her choice?” she asked.
Lydia Forson is an opinionated Ghanaian actress who has starred in movies like ‘Scorned,’ ‘A Sting in a Tale,’ ‘The Perfected Picture’ and ‘Keteke.’
Source: citifmonline.com
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Although I occupy a high position in a company in Ghana, I never allow a maid to cook my husband's food; neither do I encourage him to eat in a chop bar or restaurant. I cook the food myself.
Is she a pepper them or sugar them member.One thing u should know is a strong country has a strong families.What happens in the various families affect the country.
lydia, are you from zimbabwe? you have equally insulted yourself.
Please you should all ignore her. she's been single for long. She needs a man to f**k her brains out. only then can she reason properly. So now she wants us to stop talking about cooking and start talking about her abi?
Did she actually write, “in the same birth”? Or was it a typo? I always thought her English is par excellence! I am so, so disappointed.
WHAT A SHAME TO WOMANHOOD SHE IS. MAYBE YOU NEED A MAN IN YOUR LIFE SERIOUSLY.......
Come on woman your arrogance does not become you.How can you say a whole country is s-tup*d simply because people are talking about who should cook in a marriage. Remember in life we cannot reduce everything to its basics.Then we should be asking ourselves why people earn half a million pounds a week for kicking an inflated leather ball around a field or why we spend millions of dollars on a team whiles classrooms are collapsing and killing kids.That is life and you can take it the way it is or leave it.You could have said your piece without this show of abusiveness.
The irony in your submission is that you also commented on what you think qualifies Ghanaians as ***barred word***. Or it is the case that when you profer an opinion on the same matter you are better and wiser than those who commented? Something has malfunctioned up there.
Women be submissive to your husbands.....i am a Christian woman who uses the Bible.What did Elizabeth did when Jesus visited whiles with Mary!!! Pastor's kids sometimes shocks the world and disgrace their congregation as well as their family.
Go live on the planet mars