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"They Call Us Sugar Mummies" : Abuja Women Who Marry Younger Men Protest [MUST READ!!!]

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The discrimination against women marrying younger men in the society has led some women in the  Federal Capital city of Abuja to protest. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, some women in the FCT, on Thursday, decried discrimination in Nigeria against women marrying younger men. Some of the women alleged that they had been discriminated, judged and labelled “sugar mummy” for their marriage to men they are older than. A businesswoman identified as Esther David, said she was five years older than her husband, who is also into the same provision business with her. She said her decision to marry her husband was borne out of love, admiration and respect she had for him, and not because she was desperate to get married as alleged by some persons. “Our society tends to judge women negatively for marrying younger men, even if that relationship was borne out of love and respect for each other. “But the same society sees nothing wrong if a man marries someone that he...