Nigerian men can’t offer more than money in relationship – Toke Makinwa

Nollywood actress and media personality Toke Makinwa has challenged the notion that modern Nigerian women are uniquely materialistic or enter relationships primarily for financial gain.

Speaking on a recent episode of the MENtality podcast hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Makinwa argued that romantic relationships have always involved some form of exchange or mutual benefit throughout history.

She further claimed that the perception of Nigerian women as being overly materialistic stems partly from the fact that many Nigerian men believe financial provision is the primary value they bring to a relationship.

According to Makinwa, when a relationship is built around financial support alone, it can reinforce the idea that money is the main basis for attraction and commitment.

She said …

“From time immemorial, a relationship between a man and a woman has always been transactional, right from the Garden of Eden, right from our parents’ days. And the degree at which it is happening now, I will blame the men. Sometimes, that [financial benefits] is all men have to offer.

“Nigerian men don’t have games aside from money. Once a Nigerian man makes money, he starts throwing it at the hottest girls. Sometimes, you meet a man and you want to know him but he is offering you money.

“Men have offered women strangest things and it made me realise that men feel cash is all they need to show you. Most girls who are materialistic today, men taught them how to make demands.”

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❝I think from time immemorial, a relationship between a man and a woman has always been transactional, right from the Garden of Eden, right from our parents’ days…❞

– Toke Makinwa pic.twitter.com/1aqqdlVpXc

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