On Lesbianism and Divorced Women

There are some things that have made me furious and among them there is this strange and for me unexplicable attitude towards homosexuality and the depriving situation that women face. In yesterday’s The New Vision were examples for both.

One was on the gossip page, where the local “high-society” reporter, Timothy Bukumunhe[1], reports about the two rugby games, which tool place last Saturday. I do not care about that game a lot. I mean it is more interesting than soccer but I do not give a shit about it. What was remarkable about that gossip reporter was more the way he described the way Ugandan rugby fans called the defeating Kenyan women rugby team members.[2] Apparently the Ugandan fans asked the female Kenyan players, whether they brought their girlfriend and whether they came to enjoy the physical proximity to their (female)[3] Ugandan competitors. And that was apparently considered as an extremely rude offence.

Isn’t it just too ridiculous to waste any space in a newspaper for it.[4]

Another, and more serious issue, is the treatment of women in marriages. A horrible story was in yesterday’s The New Vision. It was about the marriage of a woman with an MP and her battle against/with the institutions which are supposed to help her. Apparently, there remains a lot to do in improving the situation of women/mothers, who are abused by their husbands and who seek justice after divorce. To cut a long story short, there is no support for the woman and no institution feels responsible for her. So, the father and divorced husband can do whatever he wants. Disgusting!

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[1] Do you recall him? It is the same reporter who was invited to the orgy on an island.

[2] And I have to assume that he has stuck to the ethic rules for Ugandan journalist, so what he wrote is the truth and nothing else…

[3] The first “female“ in this sentence was to point out that I am talking about the women’s game. The second “female” in the sentence is not that nice any more. I wanted to allude to the observation that not all of the female players would also necessarily qualify as swimsuit models – which is probably not intended and necessary but considering the goal to achieve equal gender opportunities, I have to conclude that women can and do go to watch Rugby because of the attractive outward appearance of the players whereas men can have a beer or uncommon (physical) preferences if they find female rugby players attractive. This is somehow gender insensitive. N.B.: This is basically a quote from a British lady, who was wondering last Friday, why any men would want to watch a women’s rugby game if they are a) significant others (i.e. homo-, bi- or heterosexual partners of a player), b) parents or siblings, or c) black and hitting on the white female players.

[4] Unless, you do not have anything else to write about…