I sat for a while, thought hard, wrote something down, erased and eventually came up with this while thinking of where to start this piece and it's content as I hope it would be quite enlightening as well as entertaining with less controversy without making the men feel insecure about us.
We live in a society where so much emphasis is placed on the woman being the weaker vessel and to a large extent, it's taken out of context!
According to scriptural writings, women were made from man by the Almighty and the words 'weaker vessels' was actually used in referring to the woman (as a wife by Peter and Paul), this leads to my question, who is a weaker vessel?
A weaker vessel as used in this context means that the men are also weak vessels but the women are only just weaker, but are women actually weaker?
It is imperative to note that the society today only refers to women as the weaker vessel by men in a bid to limit their progress in certain fields, make them feel inferior or cheat them out of opportunities. In reality, women have proven more than once in various different fields of endeavour that they are far beyond breasts and vagina, that they can equally be goal oriented, successful and above all, "INDEPENDENT OFF ANY MAN THAT WISHES TO REFER TO THEM AS A WEAKER VESSEL"!
Personally, I would like to state here that women being referred to as weaker vessels is a case of Indiscrimination against women and of course, that was the beginning of gender discrimination. It's a case of insubordination by men against women because you really cannot hold a woman down in her field of endeavour but you can actually shut a man down. This is not in any way trying to belittle men as they can be really brave and firm, but is there a woman out there that isn't brave? Every single woman is an embodiment of bravery and strength, the same cannot be said for men as men today are actually more chicken hearted than the female counterparts, who then is a weaker vessel?
Taking a quick look at the male folk, what really do they offer to the home? What do they offer the society? Men are often being referred to as the head of the home and with the crash of most homes, could it be safe to say the male folk has failed? With the steady collapse of the societal standards and values with men at the helm of affairs, is it okay to say the 'stronger vessel' has failed us all? A wise man once said 'women are the cause of their own problems because they think they're equal to men, they are head above heels better than men', take note, an experienced elderly man made that statement. What more proof do we need to know who the 'new' weaker vessels are?
Your opinions are very much valued, kindly do educate me more on who is the weaker vessel.