When will Nigerian prank content material creators cease harassing ladies?

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Mon twenty sixth Jun, 2023 19:30

Staged or not, make the annoying pranks cease proper now.

Welcome to 2023 Nigeria the place everyone seems to be a content material creator with a eager need to go viral, change into an influencer and benefit from the social fairness and monetary largesse that appears to come back with it.

Comedians, skit-makers, and meme gods on social media have been the rave of the second for some time.

Like us, you in all probability can’t get sufficient of the Macaronis, Broda Shaggys, Sidney Talkers, Taoomas, and others like them. We love what they do, and our love and acceptance feed into their recognition, which in flip makes them marketable sufficient for manufacturers to suggest profitable advertising and marketing and influencing gigs to them. That, within the easiest kind, is the cycle of issues nowadays. And there’s nothing flawed with all that.

Issues change into loopy, nevertheless, when nothing is off-limit in creating viral moments, or in a bid to interrupt into the rank of well-known content material creators with the most important followings and viewers engagement. That is the place the current rise of annoying prank content material creators involves the fore.

You could have seen movies of sure ‘content material creators’ whose total shtick is to tug the stupidest most abhorrent, most infuriating methods on individuals – principally ladies – going about their day. If they don’t seem to be pulling wigs off unsuspecting ladies, they’re harassing them with questions like How a lot for hook-up?

Then there’s this one the place a supposed ‘content material creator’ scares the residing daylight out of a girl with a ‘kidnap’ prank that went too far. Truly, figuring out the state of affairs of issues in Nigeria right now, that wouldn’t be the idea for any prank if these so-called content material creators had any working thoughts.

And one has to ask: the place the hell will we draw the road between what is appropriate as ‘content material’ and what ought to completely should not be created, speak much less of?

Content material versus good content material

Now earlier than anybody accuses this author of getting no humorous bone in his physique, it should be clarified that there’s nothing flawed with making jokes and even creating elaborate, hilarious pranks.

We’ve all seen movies which are made in good style and elicit correct, belly-rumbling laughter. These differ from those we’re speaking about right here as a result of they weren’t meant to humiliate or embarrass anybody and would even draw laughter from the individuals being pranked. Now that’s content material. The viewers is aware of it and appreciates it, and when that line is crossed, like these terrible guys usually do, it’s seen as effectively.

Unduly taking part in up the distress of others isn’t nice content material. It’s by no means been, and it’ll by no means be.

Why are ladies being focused?

Clearly, as a result of these skit makers take into account them much less prone to assault them in annoyance, or retaliate with pressure.

Say what you’ll, however it’s just about a factor of predator and prey. You do not discover a deer attempting to feed on a jaguar. The probabilities of getting smacked are decrease with ladies. It’s so simple as that.

The place will we draw the road?

The viewers clearly has a job to play right here. For instance, issues have gotten to a stage within the comedy business the place society is collectively telling them to stamp out rape jokes and that’s been considerably phased out.

Positive, rape jokes and terrible prank content material on IG should not on the identical scale of horrible content material concepts, however you get the thought. As soon as the viewers begins to collectively really feel repulsed by terrible content material like what these guys are placing out, it’ll solely be a matter of time earlier than we cease seeing them.

The truth that content material aggregator pages on social media typically repost these items with the intent to amuse individuals doesn’t assist both. Once more, wherever we discover content material on harassment, significantly of girls, we have to make our emotions identified.

We are not looking for a society that normalises the harassment of girls for giggles and if these ‘content material creators’ really feel the love from the viewers, they really feel extra emboldened and empowered to do extra.

You additionally must ask your self what sort of particular person you might be to search out the unwarranted removing of a girl’s wig amusing; or worse, when you double-click a video the place a moron is harassing a girl for paid intercourse in entrance of her home.

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