Men’s Voice said culture seeks to protect women and children – Ridge Times

eMBALENHLE – The Males’s Voice organisation mentioned tradition seeks to guard ladies and kids from being abused.

Based on the organisation, tradition dictates that the person is the pinnacle of the home or household, and because the head of the home, he has to guard and supply for his household.

“If tradition is practised accurately, we will dwell in concord, and if there are oppressive components emanating from tradition, we have to cope with it accordingly.

“We wish to handle the parable that claims tradition perpetrates gender-based violence (GBV). We perceive that tradition seeks to advertise respect amongst individuals,” mentioned Zakhele Masilela, organisation treasurer.

“A person who understands and practices tradition will perceive this. Tradition requires man to guide and supply path for his household, particularly for his youngsters.”

Masilela mentioned dad and mom ought to cease the tendency to say that their wrongful acts are a part of their tradition.

He mentioned youngsters have to be handled equally, no matter their gender, and that culturally, there’s nothing that claims a boy needs to be groomed by his father or a woman to be groomed by her mom.

“If dad and mom try this, what do they count on from their youngsters? Mother and father ought to know that each of them are chargeable for their youngsters’s development.

“Individuals ought to cease doing one thing un-cultural and declare it to be a tradition,” mentioned Masilela.

Males’s Voice additionally calls on the group to forestall GBV by educating themselves on its root trigger and growing an motion plan to combat it as an alternative of blaming the victims.