“If Women Are Called Gold Diggers, What About Men Who Enjoy Their Fellow Men’s Wealth?”- Mary Njoku
- Mary Njoku, a Nollywood actress and filmmaker, has raised a discussion about the term “gold digger” used for women benefiting from wealthy men.
- She questions the societal double standard regarding labels, asking what men should be called when they receive financial or material benefits from women.
- Njoku’s comments highlight the need for a more balanced perspective on gender roles and financial relationships.
Nollywood actress and filmmaker Mary Njoku has sparked a conversation online after questioning the way society labels women who benefit from wealthy men as “gold diggers.”
The actress wondered what men should be called when they also enjoy financial or material benefits from women, pointing out what she described as a clear double standard in how such situations are viewed.
According to Mary, both men and women naturally gravitate towards people who possess value, whether financially, socially or otherwise. However, she questioned why women are often judged harshly when they benefit from a man’s wealth, while men in similar situations may not receive the same label.
Her remarks have since stirred discussions among social media users, with many weighing in on societal expectations surrounding relationships, money and gender.
Her words…
“If benefiting from a wealthy person’s generosity makes a woman a gold digger, what exactly do we call the 17 men eating his food, wearing what he bought, enjoying his money and calling themselves his boys?
The truth is, people gravitate towards value. Men do it. Women do it. Friends do it. Relatives do it. Employees do it. Everyone wants to be close to something that makes life better.
The double standard isn’t that people love money.
It’s that when men benefit from proximity to wealth, we give the behaviour a respectable name. When women do the same thing, we give it a dirty one.
Everyone loves gold.
The difference is in what we choose to call the people standing close to it”.
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