Somizi stands up for women in the wake of the blesser trend

While the 'blesser' trend - sugar daddies showering women with an awful lot of expensive gifts - takes South Africa by storm, Somizi believes it has cast a shadow over the success of hard working women.

Taking to Twitter, Somizi called out the differences of how success is defined and experienced by men versus how it is for women.

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Typically falling along stereotypical gender lines, the singer and choreographer questioned why young women are said to have 'blessers' when they're able to afford and purchase "a mansion or merc," as opposed to a young man who will be labelled as a ''hard worker'' when he does the same.

wonder when is this gonna end. A young man of 26 buys a mansion or merc he's a hard worker. Woman same age does the same, whose the blesser

— somizi somGAGA (@somizi) May 23, 2016

 

Many of Somizi's followers seemed to have agreed with him, claiming that this perception needs to end.

@somizi its really sad n says a lot about how we see women in this country

— Potso Manchidi (@PotsoMab) May 23, 2016

@somizi it will never change till society believes that women are capable of hard work.

— Neo Seitlhamo (@neomakeup) May 23, 2016

@somizi@moratoah Yeah it must end but it's 'who's'

— Comrade Makhize (@Papa_Pampas) May 23, 2016