by CARLOS ATWELL
?A WELL KNOWN WOMEN’S ACTIVIST walked out of a public forum on domestic violence in protest against forthright comments by the country’s most controversial advocate for men’s rights.
?Nalita Gajadhar, a past president of the Business and Professional Women’s Club, took exception to statements made by Ralph Boyce, the chairman of the Men’s Educational Support Association (MESA), on how some men reacted badly when they felt mistreated by women after “investing” in relationships.
Boyce said also that some men felt intimidated by their partners and that some women held more power in relationships than they let on, to the point where it seemed like “witchcraft”.
Her voice rising and clearly upset, Gajadhar responded: “I need to speak to him plainly . . . to stop. Talking about intimidation and investment and those kind of terms – what are you talking about? It is nonsense and I really have to leave because I will not submit myself to this anymore and I think that when we have Mr Boyce on the panel that the people of Barbados need to say they are not coming out to hear this nonsense.”
