Celebrated Nigerian novelist and writer, Chimamanda Adichie, has revealed that she has trouble with men getting the door for women in the name of chivalry.
The Half a Yellow Sun author said this on Wednesday when she appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
Chimamanda Adichie is against men holding the door for women.
How long will it take for Chimamanda to say she hates being referred to as a woman? With the pace of her current meltdown, I’d give her 5 years. I am really rooting for her. pic.twitter.com/fGVIiMQLs8
— Kelvin Odanz (@KelvinOdanz) June 7, 2018
She said: “Holding the door shouldn’t be gender, I think it’s a lovely thing to hold the door but we should hold the door for everyone. I hold the door for men and women.
“I think the idea of holding the door for women because she is a woman, I have trouble with it. I am quite happy for people to open the door for me but I hope they are not doing it because of this idea of chivalry.
“Chivalry is really about the idea that women are somehow weak and need protecting but we know that really, there are many women who are stronger than men.
“So, really, what I think is that the people we should protect are people who need protecting; whether men or women,” she said
Adichie also expressed her opinion on prioritising women and children when evacuating persons trapped in conflict zones.
She added: “It is also why I sort have trouble with the idea of women and children; you know when there’s a tragedy and we say women and children should go first. I think people who are weak, unwell, that should leave first.”
