George Lutterodt popularly known as Counselor Lutterodt needs to crawl back into whichever hole he came out of. \u00a0We know, like many of his peers in the motivation industry, policing women\u2019s choices under the guise of counselling is more profitable than most 12-hour day jobs. But unlike his peers, Lutterodt has not had the good sense to hide his misogyny, sexism and hatred for women. All he has said and done since his arrival has been to offend, insult and annoy women, sometimes men.<\/p>\n
Women, of course, \u00a0are the most advised group of people on earth. As part of patriarchy\u2019s grand plan to keep women under control, we are told how we should live, dress, love, find and keep men, work and play. That is why websites and magazines are full of nuggets like: \u201cReal women cook and clean for their men, 15 ways to make a man fall in love with you and 10 things smart women know about men.\u201d It\u2019s everywhere \u2013 in America, men like Steve Harvey and Tyler Perry have built empires telling women how to live their lives.<\/p>\n
It is no wonder that some motivational speakers in Ghana have turned to advising \u00a0women. Many of them now have slots on radio and television dispensing what they deem to be useful advice for women. Radio pastors have been emphasizing the man\u2019s role as the \u201chead family and the woman\u2019s as the neck of the man.\u201d \u00a0Journalists who specialize in corruption are writing articles with the thesis statement; \u201ca woman\u2019s dignity is her virginity.\u201d Motivational speakers who used to merchandize unrealistic career advice have been organizing forums and seminars to teach women how to snag and keep a man happy. Some of what is packaged as good counsel is often deeply sexist, anti-poor and anti-black. But none of these speakers have resorted to blatant insults, shaming of poor men, single mothers and unmarried women, and \u00a0slut shaming to make their point.<\/p>\n
Enter George Lutterodt, a styled counselor who seems incapable of empathy, introspection, acceptance and is inflexible, unethical, and tactless. \u00a0Someone like him should not even have access to the media to spout his misogynistic and hateful nonsense. But it seems the more he says the most vile, absurd, ignorant and harmful things, the more access he gets. \u00a0In shaming married women, he said this: \u201cHow can a beautiful woman walk from Monday to Friday, and no man walks to her and say hi? That woman should cry out to God or if that person is not a Christian, she can consult a juju person because of a lady, men should be chasing you here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n
On poor men he said: \u00a0\u201cNever allow a poor man to marry you. A poor man\u2019s marriage will kill you early. And when you die you will go to hell.\u201d He has attacked nearly all the women in the public sphere over their their marital status and lifestyle. On Juliet Ibrahim\u2019s decision to focus on her son and business, Lutterodt reportedly said: \u201cI felt very sad that she wants people to stop putting pressure on her. I see that as one of the disappointments. The success of a woman is not owning a company and being the CEO. But rather making a family and making a man respected at the beautiful gate of the whole world\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Every woman who dares to question or criticize his outrageous comments about them and other women is attacked. This piece will yield an ignorant attack about my person.<\/p>\n
But enough is enough. Just because certain pastors have been given the space to speak to Ghanaian women doesn\u2019t mean we must put up with Luterrodt\u2019s insults packaged as advice. He does not have anything meaningful or life-enriching to add to the growing stock of nuggets. He must be stopped. The media should stop amplifying the foolishness and insidious sexist stereotypes he presents as good advice. Those giving him access to respectable media platforms must stop immediately. Giving him access to credible platforms to pontificate about the place of women in society further dehumanizes a group already under stress \u2013 Ghanaian women.<\/p>\n
Stop giving him the microphone. Stop interviewing him on the streets for laughs. He is not funny. \u00a0We, Ghanaian women already \u00a0live through intolerable levels of sexism due to the structure of society. We do not need any ignorant, hateful, possibly-unemployed man with a narrow worldview to tell us how to live our lives. Both he and his views belong in the trash.<\/p>\n
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Source: nnyamewaa.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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