Nigerian Facebook Users React to 70 Year Old Woman Who Was Paraded and Fined For Sleeping with Younger Man

Recall the story of 70-year old woman who was paraded around town and later fined three goats by the people to appease the land for sleeping with a younger man!

The story went viral online and several Nigerians on social media, particularly on Facebook reacted in different ways to the story; while some people have the opinion that the woman being a widow has done nothing wrong by having a younger lover, they compared with what is found in the other parts of the world where older women as old as even 80, find love with much younger men in their 20's, some of these relationships that even leads to marriage. Some other people feel the woman had done wrong because this is Africa and there are some African cultures that does not permit an older woman to have sexual relationship with a much younger man which they termed taboo.

The writer of the post asked why men much older than 70 could marry girls even less than 20 and it is not a taboo, but older women can not freely express love for a younger man.

Is it a taboo for a much older woman to have sexual relationship with a younger man, while it is not a taboo for an old man to have sexual relationship with a younger woman.

See some comments left on Facebook by users on the matter: