In today’s society, men tend to be judged more than women even without listening to their side of the story or getting to know the reasons behind their wrongdoing.
It has become so much stereotypical that society perceives that women are often at times right when offended but when it comes to men, the rules change and hardly are they given a listening ear.
Girls' empowerment has become so much powerful that it readily defends and protects the rights and interests of their fellow women. What happened to the boy child?
The common problem amongst our men is that usually, they hide their feelings and fear for their vulnerability.
Many men assume that when a woman knows of their vulnerability, she would capitalise on it and take advantage of them and for this reason, men fear opening up.
In addition to that, some usually fear being judged harshly by society.
If a man shares his problems with fellow men, they are often laughed at and this makes them feel ashamed of opening up and would rather suffer than share their problems.
However, men can change this narrative and borrow a leaf from our women and embrace openness to themselves to the people they trust.
This could be the first step for the societies to listen to them.
Let us not pretend to be strong while we are slowly crashing and dying.
The average rate of men assessed as victims of domestic violence in Kenya has risen to 44 per cent compared to that of women at 45 per cent.
This is according to research by the Demographic Health Survey Program and the National Gender and Equality Commission.
Men, it's better to be a laughing stock in society instead of living a miserable and depressed life.
Student, Maasai Mara University
Edited by Kiilu Damaris
