With role reversal, men find themselves in the wilderness of identity

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how the boy child has been neglected within the new and emerging societal matrix. The number of email messages that followed made me ponder a little before returning to this very subject; because this column deals with stuff many fear talking about.

Last week when I was lamenting about school fees, my colleague told me in a message; “Your daughter is better. Pay fees for her because she will remember you.” This was least expected. But why choose a girl? That such a statement should be so casually uttered is monumental.