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On "not" Patriarchy fault

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The Chinenye of 2019 woulda been happy about this. But the copywriter Chinenye understands the business now.  Here is how it works - the results you achieve is directly proportional to what you get paid. So if the men's NBA club pull in majority of all basketball games, then obviously men will be paid higher. Same with football.  I mean, I don't even know any single female footballer. How many women actually watch football, especially female football? The audience matters. Men watch sports like football and basketball like crazy. So obviously, the men should be paid more. And also why female gymnasts are obviously paid more/receive more endorsements than the men.  Also why Big brother female housemates receive more endorsements after the house, while the men just about fade to obscurity It's all about the money you get for the Industry. Not everything is Patriarchy fault 

On changing surnames

 When I was younger, I actually had no qualms about changing my surname after marriage.  Because I thought it's done automatically. Like, once I'm married, for some reason... my surname automatically changes to my spouse's I didn't know I had to officially go to court and legalise the change the name. And formally conclude with declaration of names in newspapers. Wo! When we talk about this changing of surname issue - the sheer fact of not wanting not to change the surname is enough reason to be honest But if we want more logical justification, here is one. I work as a virtual assistant. And I've received hundreds of messages from women, who have to swear affidavit, or produce different documents of before and after details, because some of their documents have their maiden name, while others have their spouse surname The men on the other hand, never need to bother about different names, except those with name discrepancies, or had changed their names So women go th