A post about a man calling out a single mother he had sent flight money to—only for her not to show up—sparked mixed reactions online. While many sympathized with him and condemned the woman’s behavior as dishonest, others took the opportunity to turn the situation into a sweeping attack on an entire gender.
One particularly problematic comment read: “Nigerian men too mumu.”
Rather than addressing the specific incident, the remark generalized the man’s misfortune to all Nigerian men, branding them as foolish by default. Critics argued that this kind of stereotyping is lazy and unfair, shifting blame from an individual’s wrongdoing to a whole demographic group. While the man may have acted naively, broad insults like this deepen gender hostility and distract from the real issue—personal accountability and the need for caution in online relationships.
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