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Good day elders!  I am reliably informed that thanks to the changes in the school calendar, our boys are going for initiation around this time. For a deep lover of culture, and especially  those aspects of culture that are performed, I must admit that circumcision ceremonies  are one of my  most favorite cultural functions. From the delightful coming together to the passionate hailing of our boys as they prepare to transition to manhood( not to mention the richness of language) to the boisterous and thoroughly  entertaining traditional songs and dances to the refreshing and revitalizing traditional brew among other things. I however have a few concerns. First, it goes without saying that ours is a partriachal culture. We are naturally conditioned to hold our men in high regard. It is time we questioned the premise of that reverence, especially because, for a woman to attain such a status she must have something first,  say, a well paying job. As if to sugge...