Akon is being condemned for recent comments he made about gender equality during an interview.

Besides saying women need to understand “their roles” as men are superior, the Senegalese-American singer also claimed men are the gender that creates life, not women.

But the ‘Lonely’ singer did stop there as he started the discussion by saying he preferred African women to American women.

the 49-year-old said in the interview;

“The women [in Africa] treat you like a king. They’re not competing with you, they’re not fighting for equality because they understand that men and women could never be equal.

“They understand their roles. The roles there are very defined, it’s very clean. Here [America], even if you say the word role to a woman here, they get offended”.
Akon

The singer, born Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, then went ahead to explain why it is impossible for women and men to have the same role.

“Everybody has a role, that is the infrastructure to live and if a woman doesn’t understand the position that she plays in life, everybody is confused”.
Akon

He asked and said;

“How can a man and woman play the exact same role, where’s the balance? In Africa, it’s very clear that a woman plays the role of a woman.

“God installed love, emotions, and compassion in a woman because as a motherly figure, those things have to be instilled. This is why women catch feelings so quickly, this is why they can endure so much pain and still be there, that loyalty comes naturally”.
Akon

A woman’s role is to support a man

The singer further added that a woman’s role “is to support the man”.

He claimed to say;

“The men, we are the kings and the divine of this universe, a woman can never compare to the man. They have to understand that here in America”.
Akon

Akon also went ahead to claim that;

“The women don’t create life, they support the creation of life. Men, we’re Gods we’re the ones that create life.
Akon

Buttressing his sentiments with an example, he added and claimed;

“A man right now can create life without a woman, but a woman can’t create life without a man. If I wanted to create life right now without a woman, I would shoot my sperm, put it in an incubator and give it nine months, even maybe less with today’s science, and a baby will be born.

“A woman can’t do that. So, men, we are the creators of life in actuality”.
Akon

But the singer’s sentiments did not go down well with listeners. And they made their feelings known in the comments section.

A listener said;

“I got dumber hearing Akon say a man can create life without a woman… I’ve never heard something so scientifically stupid”.
A listener

Other people also took to social media to condemn the singer.

“It is shocking how many people believe that babies come from sperm and a womb. As if your grandmother didn’t carry half of your DNA months before your mother was born. Sir!”.
A user per mail online

Someone also technically said that all men could die off and women could repopulate the world with the dead men’s frozen sperm. He had it backward, but his ego is apparently blinding him from understanding how things actually work.

A different person also said:

“Podcasts have furthered the age-old idea that you can get anyone to believe whatever garbage that comes out of your mouth if you say it confidently”.
Second listener

Another person said in reference to the hair transplant he recently got that ever since Akon got that lace front, he has been saying some wild stuff.