Equality Stops at Restaurant Bill, Study Finds
RESEARCH LOCATION: LAGOS
A new study by the National Institute of Selective Equality has confirmed what many Nigerian men have long suspected: the feminist movement tends to mysteriously vanish the moment the waiter brings the POS machine.
Researchers observed several couples across Lagos and Abuja, noting that while conversations flowed with passionate speeches about equal rights, glass ceilings, and women breaking barriers, the mood changed dramatically once the bill arrived.
In 93% of cases, women reportedly became “suddenly fascinated” by their phones, handbags, or the restaurant’s ceiling décor. In 5% of cases, they offered to “split it” but quickly agreed when the man insisted on paying. The remaining 2%? “Those ones are married already,” one researcher confirmed.
Activists say the report is misleading, arguing that “allowing men to pay is simply a make-up for years of patriarchy,” while men’s groups have responded with a counter-study titled ‘Equality Includes 50% of the Bill, My Sister.’
