Our community is still very patriachal – men are viwed as the dominant ones in te househild and community elve, the decision makers. Thus the experiences of Mercy would have been the same, particularly if she live in the informa settlement. However with COVID, we have seen a shift in gendered roles so perhaps that would not be a situational trigger as it was for her, as more and more we see some roles being shared and no longer a contentious issue is relationships.
