Research by Afrobarometer is showing that 1 in 4 women and even more men in 34 African countries justify wife-beating Sunday Mail reports.
The survey that was done between 2016 and 2018 shows that 12% of 2400 said that sometimes wife beatings were justified and 22% of the males interviewed said the wife beatings were justified In Zimbabwe only.
The research’s findings were echoed by Gender Links Manager for Zimbabwe, Ms Priscilla Maposa who said:
They are of the view that a wife must be beaten at regular intervals even if she has not done anything wrong. At first we thought that it was a joke but it is happening. These men were socialised to be aggressive and if they had a chance to grow up exposed to love and an environment that do not tolerate wife beating, we were going to have a different story.
The research was published on the onset of the annual 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.
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Beating of a wife very uncivilized, ungrateful and above all very unGodly. Respect and rever them (women), above all Pray Hard for them that they be the best Mothers of peace and progress, you then get guarantees you share a rewarded life.