One example was when she describes her celebration of womanhood where she was given items “to affirm, protect and enhance [her] womanhood, guaranteeing [her] fertility and safety during childbirth” (Magona pg. 64). Additionally, she was given advice on how “a good daughter pleases the parents…a good wife is a like a good daughter to her husband. She is also like a loving mother to him” (Magona pg. 64). While her father called it a celebration of her womanhood, it was actually a patriarchal ceremony that instills the idea that her existence is for other people: her parents, her husband, and her
One example was when she describes her celebration of womanhood where she was given items “to affirm, protect and enhance [her] womanhood, guaranteeing [her] fertility and safety during childbirth” (Magona pg. 64). Additionally, she was given advice on how “a good daughter pleases the parents…a good wife is a like a good daughter to her husband. She is also like a loving mother to him” (Magona pg. 64). While her father called it a celebration of her womanhood, it was actually a patriarchal ceremony that instills the idea that her existence is for other people: her parents, her husband, and her