The Pleasure Principle, a book by Ikoro Iyineleda, strives to enlighten the public about the travails of the emasculated man. A comparison is made between the anguish that he bears as burden, which has always been ignored both by culture and tradition, and that which feminism and women’s liberation movement will like to have all believe is the challenges facing women only.
The book studies this anguish and the evil that leads to it. It also strives to have the reader, not only learn that the anguish is as much as that of the emasculated man as it has always been known to be that of the woman, but also have the man that is still languishing in ignorance realise that he cannot run the race of life on crippled feet.
Being put in the ‘shoes’ of the woman, the man has to run the race of life as the woman runs it, with all activities in his life laying emphasis on pleasure, and not on power and prosperity.
A 12-chapter book of 93 pages, the author takes the reader on a smooth journey into the life of the emasculated man.
The introduction discusses the hypocrisy of the ‘You no need am’ culture that ever strives to keep men weakened.
All in all, this introduction to the book clearly reveals what to expect as one reads on – the female sexism and female chauvinism that beset modern society, and the manner with which this is reflected in societal condoning of lesbianism, where male homosexuality is almost always persecuted and condemned.
The first chapter educates the reader on not only the four lines of activity available to any human-being, these being the pursuit of power, pleasure, prosperity and position, but also the reason lesbianism is such a prominent feature among women.
Another chapter in the book proves a theory, even with examples from sociological and psychological studies, that reveal how women have always been more interested in the pursuit of pleasure than men.
It is believed that women generally follow the softer side of life, while leaving the tougher tasks for men.
A good example of this can be seen in the fifth chapter where it is said that: “The average businesswoman is no more than a woman sitting down in a shop to buy and sell. The genuine secrets of business remains with the men. The lines of shops, the chains of businesses? Owned by the men.”
This chapter states further that: “Even when a supposedly powerful woman says, ‘I’ll kill you,’ the words remain a mirage without a man behind her, who is ready to put it into action.”
Thus, according to the author, “the only worlds that the average woman still is allowed into, are those of pleasure and of position.” Therefore, women flaunt this independence in the world of pleasure a lot more than do men.
This flaunting is that which chapter six tries to expose thoroughly, with the words which women often state when they want to correct their children: “These are my breasts, and you sucked them.”
Written in fluid and flowing language, The Pleasure Principle is accessible to all, irrespective of class, religion or ethnic background.
It is a book that teaches the emasculated man who wishes to live a fulfilled life the precepts of how to make a success of their endeavours.
Well-written, articulate, simple, and precise; the book is to be read by anyone who would like to learn about emasculation and the solution to the myriad of evils that accompanies it, and which have been besetting masculinity ever since the beginning of time.
The author, Iyineleda, is a university graduate with two post-graduate diplomas to his credit. He is a student of the Associate Chartered Certified Accountants and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Business Administration at the University of Ibadan.
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