Veteran entertainer whose lifestyle had raised eyebrows overtime has
reacted to the Bruce/Caitlyn Transformation. Here's what he said;
'I must ask you this question. In our pursuit for happiness, do we focus
on the dictates of life based on our social environment or on our own
personal need of what individually makes us happy? For the past few days
the global social media has been agog with Bruce Jenner sex change, he
now wishes to be called Caitlyn.
Surfing through some of our local blogs, I have read some yahoo yahoo
comments from Nigerians who feel that their yeye comments are really of
any importance in the decision taken by this great Olympian, now, the
gender bender.
Yes, I saw Bruce Jenner Vanity Fair interview. I read it over and over,
it sounded so gutsy, sincere, truthful and so free. Bruce had always
been married, had kids, and a successful career but for a long time he
had never been happy and content with being a man. Sometimes we find it
difficult understanding what prompts one to make those kinds of changes
that are physically and emotionally permanent and we start to
speculate, Maybe he wanted to rebrand, wanted to put himself back into
serious reckoning again. Yes, sometimes it can be about the drama and
the almighty dollars who is to say. However, It just may be devoid of
all those and just be a spiritual journey to finding self, purely a
pursuit of happiness, about being free, and finding strength to be that
which makes one feel complete irrespective of who's ox is gored!'
My take
It is not one’s masculinity or femininity alone that defines one’s
identity, it is the harmony between the two that determines how
comfortable and integrated one’s identity is going to be. In other
words, shocking as this may be to the more macho in our midst, inside
some men, lies an unexpressed woman. And even more shocking is the
proposition that the object of masculine identity development is not the
elimination of this woman, but acknowledging the existence of, and
fine-tuning the feminine side with the masculine part of the identity.
In other words, blending the two fundamental principles of yin and yang
to influence our behavior.
The “masculine woman” has become more socially acceptable than the
“feminine man”, who is still an object of derision. And herein lies the
root of the gender conflict. Women find it easy to pursue their
masculinity; men find it disagreeable to even acknowledge, let alone
pursue their femininity. A few people have been able to find that
balance and I am happy that Linda lives here, in me? Yesoooooo!
So to those of you in your personal pursuit for happiness whatever it
is, climb every rainbow and follow every star till you find your dream.
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