Pepper Dem Ministries
Pepper Dem Ministries, a feminist group, has sought to clarify certain misconceptions it says people have formed about a post by one of its members which sparked a massive debate on social media about the roles of women in society.
A number of Ghanaians took to various social media platforms to criticise the group for the post which they felt suggested that women who cook for their husbands were slaves.
Others also jumped to the group’s defence, backing the post and stating that the traditional roles of women needed to be redefined.
Few weeks after the brouhaha, the group has now issued a statement arguing that the initial post on social media had been misquoted and taken out of context.
“We wish to reference one particular angle which has been falsely attributed to PDM. This is that cooking for your husband is slavery and those who do so are slaves. We wish to categorically state that PDM has never made this statement, doesn’t share this opinion and does not align with it nor endorses it,” the statement said.
According to them, the post stated that “if you want to praise your slaving or hardworking or loving wife, whatever adjective you find suitable, pls go ahead without suggesting that she defines what womanhood totally entails.”
The group, which is focused on rewriting gender narratives, believes that the originator of the post did not seek to suggest that women who cooked for their spouses were slaves, but rather advised people not to “use the choices their wives make to set standards for all other women.”
The statement added that the group’s main objective is to ensure “balance and fairness” in the society, adding that many members and sympathisers of the group “support their homes and take delight in cooking for their families.”
The group also called on persons and media organisations with dissenting views to desist from spreading propaganda about them and instead work towards the “progress and build both women and men to treat each other with dignity.”
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