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Title: WOMEN: AN ENIGMA IN A DEVELOPING PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
Authors: Terfa Kahaga Anjov, PhD and Mishin, Tersoo Phinian
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Terfa Kahaga Anjov, PhD1 and Mishin, Tersoo Phinian2 1. Department of Philosophy, Benue State University, Makurdi – Nigeria 2. Registry Department, AkaweTorkula Polytechnic, Makurdi, Benue State – Nigeria
MLA 8 Anjov, Terfa Kahaga, and Mishin Tersoo Phinian. "WOMEN: AN ENIGMA IN A DEVELOPING PLURALISTIC SOCIETY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 12, Dec. 2020, pp. 3709-3720, doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i12.001. Accessed Dec. 2020. APA 6 Anjov, T., & Tersoo Phinian, M. (2020, December). WOMEN: AN ENIGMA IN A DEVELOPING PLURALISTIC SOCIETY. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(12), 3709-3720. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i12.001 Chicago Anjov, Terfa Kahaga, and Mishin Tersoo Phinian. "WOMEN: AN ENIGMA IN A DEVELOPING PLURALISTIC SOCIETY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 12 (December 2020), 3709-3720. Accessed December, 2020. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i12.001.
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Abstract: Everywhere there is a discussion on women, one thread is clearly noticed. Women are agents of development if not for the marginalization that they suffer in the hands of men. The cry of marginalization is heard from the religious, political and economic perspective. The suffering women encounter in Africa is traced to the advent of colonial masters. The effort of women to live above board is not paying off as they are highly discriminated against by the men in very society. She desires to be free, but is perpetually in chains. She may be wise, intelligent, but she cannot have the opportunity to make a decision publicly. Scholars have advanced cultural, religious reasons for the plight of women in the world, but this paper challenges these age-long factors. The paper argued that the problem women face in life is self-inflicted due to lack of self acceptance. It is only women that can free themselves from the shackles of male harassment, intimidation and violent brutalization. This article concludes that women should desist from mere complaining of marginalization, domestic violence, rape and inequalities. Women must as a matter of necessity believe in themselves as women as a means of winning the war against them.

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