Why men still rule over women: The power of sexual intercourse::: August is Women’s Month in South Africa

(By Pius Vilakati, writing as Mr Pius Rinto)

Why men still rule over women: The power of sexual intercourse

August is Women’s Month in South Africa

Many people are still debating what needs to be done in order to undo the centuries-old subjugation of women and achieve equality between the sexes. It is well known that men lead in politics, business, including in social events that are meant solely for women to be the centre of attraction. Examples include beauty pageants like Miss World, Women sports, Ladies' Nights, etc. Well, I have mentioned in the past that this “Ladies’ Night” concept is one respectful tactic used by men to gather many women in one place so that they can have sex with them on that very night.

The role of sex in all this

In the context of an organisation, when a man has sex with one woman, he is guaranteed of a least one vote. If he has sex with a hundred of them he is 100 votes ahead. Men know this fact too well and yes they use it in furtherance of their individual or collective gains. This knowledge has been passed down from generation to generation, mostly in subtle ways. When one analyses the extent to which it has been internalised within men, it is now safe to conclude that such knowledge is now in their genes and no longer needs to be learned for the practice to continue. It is now a part of the male species.

In some organisations which I have been privileged to have been a part of, the message was often preached that we, the males, must recruit more women and that there's no better way to recruiting them than having sexual relations with them, be it is a one-night stand (or one-day stand) or a long sexual relationship that the men can manage. But the basic message was: HAVE SEX WITH THESE LADIES.

Concerning those that had already joined, the message was that the male members had to have sex with these female members so that their membership and loyalty could be maintained. The warning was always that if the males don't have sex with them then other males from other organisations will have sex with them and thereby steal them away from our own organisation.

Summarily, sexual intercourse is one of the many tools that are used to keep women “in their place” whilst men take major decisions in governments, organisations and business.