Misgivings and misconceptions.
I sat staring at the beautiful face of Mercy Johnson as she smiled at Kenneth Okonkwo on the screen but my ears were tuned to the conversation of the two males behind me. "No mind her! You come guy room to read for night, na you first go school". He laughs. "But, Christian come really rape her?" "He no rape her! Ahah! They made love!" "But you said she refused him, struggled till the end, and cried all the way home". "Guy, na wa for you o. You no know how all these girls dey behave? Na jonesing na. She want am. No be rape!" I was so angry, i was boiling inside. I was sure that if i opened my mouth to speak, words would not come out but fire. Yes, like a dragon! There goes another rape victim who "got what she deserved". This took me back to a similar conversation between two girls. ...