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There Are More Male Drunkards, Whose Focus Is Womanising-Gender Deputy Minister
Gender and child development deputy minister Esther Banda says there are more male drunkards, whose focus is womanising.
Banda, who is a sociologist by profession, said in Lusaka yesterday that in as much as women drink beer, their habits could not be compared to those of men.
Last Wednesday, urologist Dr Francis Manda said there was too much careless drinking among women in Zambia.
However, Banda said Dr Manda should know that men were more reckless in their drinking habits than women.
“Of course, you cannot have 100 per cent of women not drinking and so on, but I don’t agree to say women are careless drunkards in Zambia than men. Some of them women can drink, others can’t. They are not true stories to say women are so reckless drunkards. That I totally disagree because even men should be looked at as well,” Banda said.
“I think we have got more drunkards in terms of men than women, which is a problem. Men, drinking too much is a big problem in Zambia because they wouldn’t even support their families and they concentrate on womanising.”
Banda said beer was not a good thing and so people should drink it in moderation.
“Of course I am not saying people should not drink, no! But they should do it in moderation and leave some senses to think,” said Banda.
Non-Governmental Coordinating Committee (NGOCC) board chairperson Beatrice Grillo said it was strange that Dr Manda wanted to ascribe the responsibility of parenting to women only, excluding men.
Posted by Kunda
on June 23, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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Kamushi
June 23, 2014 at 6:10 pm
iwe minister dnt politicise evrythn come ku bar & see for yoself.
Mumak
June 23, 2014 at 9:32 pm
Im sure the Honourable Deputy Minister has been a beneficiary of drunk men trying to have a woman for a nite
kwashamukwenu
June 23, 2014 at 10:17 pm
May those drunk women we see are not women or that minister is not Zambian.Women drink namufinena moonse
zedian
June 23, 2014 at 10:49 pm
there we go,some ****** female minister and her ****** female from NGO supporting women when its clear nowadays women drink a lot
ewa
June 24, 2014 at 12:16 am
The Doc did not say women drink more than men. What are trying to protect iwe mayo. Doc just said the the truth about the behavior of women.
id!ot!
June 24, 2014 at 8:41 am
That is the problem of rushing to react before assimilating the context in which the Doc said what he said!…very dull women, these two!
haiggy
June 24, 2014 at 4:53 am
grillo is useless, why compare women with men. she is useless.
FuManchu
June 24, 2014 at 6:09 am
When the gist of context is not understood you have people as this deputy minister contributing to a debate whose content has not been understood. She is defending the indefensible!
Let me say this............
June 24, 2014 at 7:35 am
Sad that a Cabinet Minister failed to make a policy statement on the issue but chose to join the debate on a partisan sexist side. Yes, men drink but our society is shocked by the rate at which women drink. Why the shock? Firstly we claim to be a Christian country meaning we embrace biblical principles and African culture which portray women as reserved. Besides, women as mothers, are expected to be moderate in taking alcohol and other drugs because of their obvious and well known adverse biological effects. This has nothing to do with opposition politics or gender rivalry between men and women. The Minister should have guided the nation through a policy (not a partisan) statement. That is the role of a Minister. The statement she made belongs to activists.
Narrant
June 24, 2014 at 8:26 am
What the good doctor was saying, and here I agree with him completely, is that there’s a marked increase in the number of women drinking very carelessly these days.
Chaona
June 24, 2014 at 8:47 am
Wakake sokaleka!
KONKOLA MINE POPO
June 24, 2014 at 9:12 am
everything is political even if they are straight forward. I think the minister is old enough to compare todays women and that of yesteryears, here there is nothing to deny, women are supposed to be the respectable and responsible mothers to take of home affairs than going out in clubs prostituting and being carriers of H.I.V and AIDS which at the same time is costing govt our hard earned revenue. Let the depute minister not support reckless women because their actions are even causing marriage divorces that we are reading in newspapers and witnessing today which are causing problems to the well being of our children.
Mwila mwaume
June 24, 2014 at 10:12 am
Look here you women who are politizing dis matter, this is not abt digit nd respect of men being @ stake but that of women.So nangu mutalike or not the fact still stands.My advice 2 Esther nd Beatrice is plse engage yo fellows so u can address dis matter.
Bigger Than Ass
June 24, 2014 at 10:38 am
Iyi yeve yatikulilako,,,,,