By Olaitan Ganiu
Nollywood diva, Beverly Naya, has cautioned the media not to be typecasting women.
The award-winning actress asserted this via her Twitter saying when interviews are held with female celebrities from this part of the world, the headlines are usually about their marital status.
“Quite unfortunate that when a woman grants an interview in this part of the world, the headline is almost always about her marital status or opinions on marriage,” she tweeted.
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“You’ll spend 30 minutes talking about your life, career and aspirations only to have ‘marriage’ as the focus. Wow.”
The dark-skinned actress followed up with typical examples.
“Most common headlines used for women: ‘Why I’ve chosen not to get married’ ‘Why I’m still not married’ ‘The kind of man I want to marry’ ‘The right man hasn’t found me’ ‘I will marry when God says I should’ ‘I will get married when the right man finds me’ ‘Why I’m single,’ she added.
Her tweets, however, generated a lot of reactions as colleagues and fans stormed her comment section with messages, agreeing to the message being passed by the actress.
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