It's desparaging to attribute success of Nigeria actresses to their sexuality - Toyin Abraham

Movie star in the Nigeria Movie Industry Toyin Abraham has gone to her Instagram page to express her displeasure over attributing success of Nigerian actresses to sex.

She responded to a rapper Micheal 'Ruggedman' tweeting why men are not doing well like their female counterpart in the movie industry.

In a post deleted by the rapper "My male actors in Nollywood, what’s going on? It’s just the females that are buying cars and building houses left and right. I wanted to come into Nollywood but at this rate, I’m not coming again,”

But in her words, "I saw the social media post made by respected rapper, Ruggedman about women making more money and doing well better than men. I read between the lines and saw what Ruggedman implied,” the actress said.

“It is a little bit sad that many people on social media leeched on it with many derogatory comments about women especially those of us in Nollywood. It is important that I put this out there.

“Many women make money and make good money legitimately. I know actresses who charge 2 million, 3 million, and 5 million in this Nollywood. I get paid in millions of naira for gigs.

“As a matter of fact, I just paid for a very good car worth millions of Naira and at the same time I know a lot of men in Nollywood who are doing extraordinarily well and paid in millions.”

“The fact that most men choose not to make noise on social media does not mean that they are second class citizens in this industry. We need to stop attributing every woman’s success to her sexual prowess with men,” she added.

“Women deserve the success as much as men without attributing it to sexuality. Nollywood women like Bimbo Ademoye, Nancy Isime, Kehinde Bankole, Inidima Okojie, Sharon Ooja, Bisola Aiyeola, are getting paid in millions.

“Even scriptwriters that are not in the limelight are getting paid in millions. It is disparaging to put the successes of these women within the box of their sexuality. A lot of women are doing great things legitimately.

“I am one of them and so also are many other women in other industries, not just the entertainment industry.
A woman is more than the sum total of her sexuality.”