”5 major reason why most Nigerian men have more than 2 girlfriends and Multiple wives. – What can we do to stop this trend ?
In a perfect society, every man would have only one woman to protect, love and cherish till death. But we all know we don’t live in a perfect society. Studies have shown that apart from fear of not being able to bear children, women are more scared of their husbands cheating on them or marrying another woman.
In Psychology, behavior and personalities are formed from Genetics & Experiences (Environment). Cheating and having more than one Girlfriend is in the genetics of A lot Nigerian men. Here are 5 reasons why Nigerian men have multiple lovers:
1️⃣ Way of Life : A lot of men have been perpetual and serial daters from tender ages of 14, at ages 12-17 having more than one girlfriend is cool for a teenager, some uncles, brothers and parents even encourage such behaviors from their son. They say “that’s my Boy” you have 4 girlfriends. Men who fall into this statistic see cheating as cool, they have a main gf but have others as well.
When their personality is formed and its time to step up and leave such traits behind. It becomes very difficult for them. These men marry a beautiful wife but still see the need to cheat not because they don’t love their wife but because it’s a part of them. Any behavior learnt before or during teenage years is hard to shake up.
2️⃣ Ratio of women to men is 8:2 . This is a crazy theory which is applied by only a few men but is very rampant also. Some men believe that it’s their duty to spread love & their seeds to single women who clearly can’t find a man because statistically women are more than men. These men prowl for women on the streets, social media and anywhere they can find women just because ” they can”
3️⃣ Ego Booster : A study done by Physiological Psychologists showed that , the 2 major things that boosts a mans Ego and triggers sensors in the brain are MONEY & WOMEN. A typical Nigerian man sees having more than 2 girlfriends as an achievement….