We’ve Not Raised Our Men Right – Comedian Bovi

Popular Nigerian comedian and actor Bovi Ugboma, more has to be done to raise men to help them manage relationships.

The comedian appeared as a guest on “Your View” on Television Continental.

Speaking to the female hosts, Bovi said: “Why do you think women face the kind of resistance they face? I think it’s because, if you check the source, we’ve not raised our men right.”

He questioned the hosts how they would respond if their sons told them they had girlfriends.

The hosts unanimously agreed that it was too early to tell their sons.

Bovi said, “So, I think we’re not raising our men to understand what relationships are like.

“So, most of us grew up not knowing how to treat women, not knowing how to listen to women, so we need to adjust these things.

“So, if your son says he has a girlfriend at that age, your reaction even from this space was resistance already. So, you need to listen, you need to teach him how. You need to teach him how to date.

“He’s 10 years old,” one of the hosts Morayo pointed out.

“Yes, but he knows more than you can ever imagine, especially in today’s world on social media,” Bovi said.

The comedian went on to clarify that while he does not believe that kids should be encouraged to date, they should be taught the proper way to be in relationships from an early age so that they would be ready for marriage when the time comes.

He went on to say that parents ought to let their children have supervised playdates with other children.

When the hosts objected, he brought up the fact that they had played “Mummy and Daddy” as children, even in the absence of parental supervision, and that inappropriate things had happened in those situations.

He continued by saying that since children are more intelligent than adults realize, they will always play these games secretly.

However, he stated that parents can take action and guide their children in the right direction by supervising and teaching them suitable behavior around the opposite sex.

“So, we need to raise the boy child. We need to adjust how the boy child is raised,” he said, adding that once that aspect is fixed, “it’ll be easier for the women.”

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