Twitter user Onyango Otieno wants men to have sanitary pads in their houses, now the internet is divided
A Kenyan Twitter
user probably had the best intentions in his heart when he tweeted, "You
don’t have to be in a relationship to care for the women who visit you."
Looked at face
value, the tweet is starkly innocuous and would pass off as any other feel-good
tweet on any other Tuesday afternoon.
But the man behind
the tweet, a gentleman going by the name Onyango Otieno, got more than he
bargained for all because of the photo he chose to attach to his tweet - three
packets of sanitary pads and a box of painkillers.
Otieno's photo,
even without him having to explain it, basically meant that men need to have a
good supply of crucial women necessities lying around their houses for the
women in their lives - even if there is no romantic relationship involved.
According to
Otieno, men need to have several (or maybe even one) packets of sanitary pads
lying around their houses and it does not have to be for their wives or
girlfriends; that it should be for any 'woman who visits them.'
The tweet started
off nicely, as they all do. But, as it toured around Twitter, opinion started
to get sharply divided.
Thousands of men,
high on machismo, roundly berated Onyango for making such a suggestion, many
calling him a 'weak' man and others a simp, in this case, a man whose
masculinity has been utterly usurped by a woman.
A lot of men (and
some women) still are, to this minute, more than 48 hours later, berating and
blasting Onyango for even 'entertaining the thought of buying sanitary pads'
and proudly parading them in his house.
A female Twitter
user going by the handle, @Gladysmwangi wrote, "Mandem picked the best
brands but still got cooked (laugh emoji)."
Another user
@olewaithera, this time a man, wrote, "But as a man, grow up! How can you have
pads in your house? Since I was in a mixed school, both secondary &
college, it was illegal to have such stuff in your box or room, you could even
be expelled!"
Another female
tweep @chidera_nora reacted, too, saying, "Except he's not my man...I
understand basic human decency, but please don't keep female friends that will
come to yours and be changing pads."
The debate on
whether a man should keep spare sanitary pads in his house for a woman, whether
they're dating or not, has sharply divided Twitter with many taking sharp
stances and thousands, especially, women, lauding Onyango for such a thoughtful
deed.
"I'm not
understanding this furore over pads lakini. It’s not like women are going to
your man's house to discuss their menses. The pads are simply placed in the
bathroom for whoever is having an emergency, and they happen all the time by
the way. All the man does is replenish," Twitter user, @wordslinger said.
As of now, the
tweet, which has since gone viral, has been viewed over 3 million times, has
close to 4 thousand likes and nearly 2 thousand quote tweets.
Check out some of
the reactions below.
I bet you've always been cheated on.
Lol I saw you dancing with your clothes off while shaking your waist here on Twitter, where the whole world can see you. I'm not surprised you have pads in your house.
This is so thoughtful
Kwanza the fact that you know good quality pads 😩You have my heart!— Rachel Ombaka (@Rahel_O) March 28, 2023
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