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Women ought to be able to freely smoke as long as men are allowed to.
The artist claimed that in society, women are held to a different standard than their male counterparts.
Ghanaian singer, iOna Reine, also known by her birth name Mercy Sam, is a midwife who has a lifelong passion for music.
iOna thinks that women are subjected to unfair expectations in Ghanaian society. There are no limitations on what men can do.
“If men can smoke, then women should be able to smoke as well. This is not out of the blue. Haven’t you seen women smoking Shisha and cigars in pubs before?” she questioned Christian Agyei Frimpong on Onua FM’s Anigye mmere entertainment and lifestyle show
“The argument is not about whether smoking is bad or not. If it’s bad, then it’s bad for men and women. I don’t understand why we set perimeters for girls while boys do all they want. If smoking is bad then it shouldn’t be gender base.
“The Ghanaian culture is such that if a woman asks for sex, she’s branded a bad girl. Those standards for women are wrong. If a man can smoke, a woman too can smoke,” iOna emphasized.
