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A woman at this stage of her life no longer sought to be sexually attractive to men, and was no longer in sexual competition with other women. Matron… - Ifi Amadiume
" "A woman at this stage of her life no longer sought to be sexually attractive to men, and was no longer in sexual competition with other women. Matrons, in order to succeed economically and wield power, had to free themselves of 'messy' and 'demeaning' female domestic services, which included sexual services. Woman-to-woman marriage was one of the ways of achieving this. The younger wife would then take over the domestic duties.
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About Ifi Amadiume
Ifi Amadiume (born 23 April 1947) is a Nigerian poet, anthropologist and essayist.
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“Since women were basically seen as producers, the principals of control and protection applied to them throughout their productive period, whether as daughters, wives, or mothers. It is said when a woman outgrows the question, 'whose daughter is she?' people then ask, 'whose wife is she?' Only as matrons were women no longer valued in their sexual or reproductive capacity; matrons were, therefore, beyond control.
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