A couple of years ago when this image came to me, I received it like every other image in the #bluewoman series as one that requires questioning and unlearning but without need for immediate understanding so I painted her anyway and hope she’ll reveal more later.

Fast-forward March 2016 on the floor of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a bill for gender equality was presented by a female senator and my surprise is not because the bill was quashed at the very minute BUT that it wouldn’t even be granted a second reading and also because not a single male spoke FOR it on a floor that has 107 ( only 7 are women ). Where were the so called liberal western state senators, the elites of the south , open minded mid states and the new generations of the north?! All of a sudden everyone aligned and the wind blew to reveal the chicken’s anus.

Now I understand this image. The cock is her male, he appears as one with interest in her aims and one willing to give as much RESOURCES to push her forward towards fulfilling goals (I just understood the action of his tail) but there is the important detail of him standing on her BACK as there’s a difference if it was her shoulder. How does he explain standing on her back and directly making her crawl instead of walking? They’re heading in the same direction but it looks as though she’s bearing his weight. What does RELIGION and CULTURE say of this apparition? Her face is calm, he looks delighted and they remain joined in parts despite this imbalance. The most important detail and the last one is the globe-like golden ball in her hand. It is said that God has got the world in His hand, what has this woman got in her hand?