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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Nigeria, politics) A patriarchal societal tendency whereby women can only achieve things as the wives of men of rank..
In this chapter I examine the emergence of wifeism and the bureaucratization of women's concerns in Nigeria through state involvement, especially since the early 1980s.
But this is not unconnected with the fact that the electoral system in Nigeria is still skewed in favour of wifeism.
Use wifeism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wifeism means (Nigeria, politics) A patriarchal societal tendency whereby women can only achieve things as the wives of men of rank..
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In this chapter I examine the emergence of wifeism and the bureaucratization of women's concerns in Nigeria through state involvement, especially since the early 1980s.
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