Just A Thought (Pleading to My Brothers):

Just a word to the wise for any fathers, soon-to-be-fathers, or wanna be fathers that follow my page: YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT SO HARD TO KEEP YOUR DAUGHTERS FROM BEING PREYED UPON, IF YOU STOP RAISING AND TEACHING YOUR SONS TO BE PREDATORS. Whoredom is not a male rite of passage. It is not meant to be a societal norm, and it is not an innate undertaking; it is a taught and praised behavior. Most of you have mothers, sisters, daughters or nieces, and the sight of their tears not only softens you, but angers you. But why? Because you want to protect them, defend their honor, and make them feel safe. So why not with your own woman? There have always been promiscuous women in the world; and if all they want is sex from you, and you from them...hey, that's ya'lls pregogative. The issue I'm having is why you take and tarnish a good woman, who trusts you and loves you; a woman who could've easily turned out to be another's blessing--but instead you've taken it upon yourselves to help ruin her. And I don't want to hear "she needs to stop playing with no-good dudes then," because most of the males that I'm referring to are the sneaky, sly, conniving type that lie their ways into her space knowing good and well they have only ill-intent to bring to it. Brothers, I'm tired of hearing the excuses, witnessing your destruction, and talking my sisters of the cliff because of your ‪#‎selfishness‬. But you should know about this thing called ‪#‎karma‬, because it's wrath cuts like a knife, and it always comes back around. At some point, grown men have to be grown men and take care of these grown women, the way they take care of you. Life is a short story and everyday you get closer to it's ending. And you either end it alone or with your leading lady by your side.‪#‎ThinkAboutIt‬. You guys have to ‪#‎DoBetter‬. When you destroy your women, you destroy yourselves, your children and theirs because you've set the bar, in their eyes, for what a man is supposed to be. ‪#‎BeBetter‬.‪ #‎UseYourPowerForGood‬.

-Kanika A. Vann
Author, Love: Possible