Monna selepe oa adimanwa!

The common rationalisation of this saying is that a man can keep several female lovers as this apparently reflects his masculinity and virility. This connotation implies that promiscuity is a culturally determined concept. We can sit and debate all day how this saying came about but I vehemently believe it has been taken out of context. 

Some Batswana have lax attitudes towards sexuality, no doubt. The high levels of infidelity, cheating and concurrent multiple sexual relationships in our social landscape, assert this. I have on several occasions overhead some men excitedly saying that: ‘One cannot eat maize meal or rice every day’. It is amazing how promiscuity is justified. So with regard to women I guess it’s a case of, Mosadi ke setlhare wa remiwa!