Rita Edochie slams marital gender bias

Nollywood veteran Rita Edochie has spoken up regarding what she describes as double gender standards in relationships and marriages.

Speaking via her Instagram page, the actress reacted to a video of the pastor addressing a couple at a marriage-related event.

The pastor in the video, was seen telling a woman that if her husband travelled for months and she cheated, she would be caught and sent back to her father’s house. He however added that if he cheats on his wife, then God will forgive him.

This did not sit well with Rita who expressed her displeasure in the bias. She explained that women should be accorded the same grace and mercy accorded to men.

“I am very angry this morning, and I pray this is just a joke and content. Look, if men can be excused because they are ‘polygamous by nature,’ then women deserve the same grace, the same mercy and the same forgiveness. Enough of this gender inequality!. If infidelity is a sin, then it is a sin for both. If forgiveness exists, then it should not be reserved for one gender. Justice that favours men while crushing women is not justice; it is witchcraft,” she stated.