In Kiambu, while a girl child is not told to act like a woman, a boy is tuned to act like a man, at a very tender age.
He is not supposed to be emotional or even cry, no wonder it is very hard to find a man born in Kiambu shedding tears.
It is such beliefs that make Kiambu men to grow up with different mentalities while fighting different insecurities on daily basis, just like any other men around the the globe. Such insecurities include:
Sexual powers insecurity: If a man is not performing, the wife is always on a complaining mode. Some wives end up beating their men when it comes to 'not showing her the power he got'. It makes Kiambu men stay insecure all through.
Financial insecurity: Men have grown up with a mentality 'to provide for the family. Regardless of most Kiambu women being business ladies who can make more money than their men, men still believes it is them who should have more money than the women.
If he is not working to earn, then he is spending what he earned, or saving what he earned, all these are because of feeling insecure.
Body size insecurity: While women are struggling to cut their weight, men are focusing on maintaining a masculine body. They want to add on muscles so that they can look attractive to their women.
Their height is much considered with beliefs like 'women like tall guys', 'women like guys with six packs' among others.This makes gyms to pack to capacity in Kiambu.
Size of their 'manhood': This is also one of the greatest source of insecurities for Kiambu men, and to any other man in the country.
No one can appreciate a small 'manhood'. Everyone is interested in having a bigger one that can attract praises from his women. This makes most of them feel insecure when looking at what they got.