Doctor’s speech raises eyebrows
"Men need to feel relevant. Their role in society still exists," he said.
Dr Bruce Malumane, a medical doctor who practices in Bushbuckridge, surprised during a recent toastmasters session in Mbombela.
He held a five-minute talk on the empowerment of men. According to Malumane, we must not get so focused on empowering women that we forget about men.
Malumane has been well known locally for years. He started school at the age of four, completed matric at 14 and studied medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. At the age of 20, he was a MBChB graduate.
Last year he was honoured by Orvelani High School in Bushbuckridge, after which he was personally congratulated by another local hero, Dr Mathews Phosa.
This extraordinary man’s talents are not limited to consulting rooms, as was evident during his delivery of an entertaining yet controversial speech.
“We hear about the empowerment of women all the time. However, when we empower them, we must think of society as a whole,” he said. He likened society to a puzzle. “Women are important, but they are not the only ones. We are all part of a puzzle,” he said.
According to Malumane, today’s females are focused and know what they want. Yet many men feel lost, but people do not react to help them as enthusiastically as is the case with women.
“Men need to feel relevant. Their role in society still exists,” he said. According to Malumane, men who feel powerless may resort to physical violence. “Such men have no way of exerting authority. Meanwhile, the empowered women in their lives end up becoming everything they are not,” he said. According to him, this will make these men feel even worse.
He urged the crowd to pick up their little boys, take them to work and treat them with the same level of care as they would their daughters.
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