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As a way of marking the International Men’s Day held November 19 annually, Veteran actress, Victoria Inyama has asked women in troubled relationships to stop using children as scorecards.
In a clip posted on her Instagram page, the actress called on divorced or separated women to allow fathers to have access to their children albeit in a safe environment. While she states that most may be difficult, in situations where everything is as it should be but the relationship is going sour, the children should be allowed to spend time with their fathers.
“It is very very important. Men also have emotions, a lot of men are battling a lot of mental health issues just because of how women have treated them. They are also going through a lot, a lot and unfortunately, society has just decided that men shouldn’t talk or express themselves. Why shouldn’t the man say how he feels?
“From birth, the boy child is raised to suppress emotions and be a man. No, a man also has emotions. A man can want to cry, express yourself, and say how you feel. A man also has every right to be sad, to be angry, to be anyhow he wants to be, but just communicate.
Men were not raised to communicate and I struggle with that. I tell my boys to communicate with me, talk with me, let me know how you’re feeling and I pray that they grew up with that,” she said.
She further cautioned women against telling their children to disrespect their fathers because it will affect the child in the future.
