20/05/2026
Very true
: The humiliation of women is not politics
By Aledo Becky
I am deeply disturbed by the direction our society and politics in South Sudan are taking. Every day, social media platforms are turning into spaces where women and girls are publicly humiliated, exposed, insulted, and reduced to gossip and private scandals.
Is this what we have become as a nation?
At a time when South Sudan is facing economic hardship, unemployment, insecurity, poor healthcare, corruption, and lack of opportunities for young people, many people especially men have chosen to focus their energy on destroying the dignity of women.
Today it is ordinary girls. Tomorrow it is female politicians. The next day it is someone’s wife, daughter, or sister.
The painful part is not only the exposure itself, but the way society celebrates it. People share private content, create insults, laugh in comment sections, and act as if humiliating women is entertainment. Since when did cruelty become a national hobby?
What happened to compassion? What happened to respect? What happened to protecting women from public humiliation?
We cannot claim to respect our mothers and sisters while participating in the destruction of other women online. A society that laughs when women are humiliated is a society losing its moral direction.
Let us be honest: women in South Sudan already face enough challenges, forced marriages, lack of opportunities, gender violence, online bullying, cultural pressure, and political exclusion. Yet whenever a woman becomes visible, successful, outspoken, or independent, some people immediately search for ways to shame her using her body, relationships, or private life.
Why?
Because many people still believe a woman’s dignity can be used as a weapon against her.
But we must reject that mentality.
A woman’s private life should never become public entertainment. Exposing, mocking, or humiliating women online does not make anyone powerful, civilized, or intelligent. It only exposes the deep sickness of a society that finds pleasure in tearing women down.
Our daughters are watching. Young boys are learning how to treat women. Young girls are learning that society can turn against them overnight.
If we continue normalizing this culture of exposing and humiliating women online, we are raising a generation that values insults more than humanity, mockery more than leadership, and shame more than respect.
To my fellow women and girls: in life, you must understand and be careful about the choices and actions that can tarnish your dignity, your family’s name, and the reputation of your community. Whatever we do in life does not end with us alone whether good or bad, our actions can affect the next generation.
South Sudanese women deserve dignity. Women are not political tools. Women are not social media entertainment. Women are human beings.
A nation that cannot protect the dignity of its women cannot build a healthy future!!!
