A spiritualist, Mr. Jerry John Turkson, has argued that men are the image and likeness of God and possess the attribute of love, while women are only compassionate.
He emphasised that men, not women, are the givers of love on this earth.
He made these remarks on GBC Radio Central’s “About Life” show on Sunday, November 8, 2026, while speaking on the topic “Mysteries of Marriage, Part 2.”
Elaborating further on his claim that men possess the love attribute while women do not, he stated that most men are willing to support women in all endeavours geared towards making them better persons. Conversely, he argued that most women are unwilling to support men’s growth and would leave a man who is unable to support them financially.
“A man can pick a woman from a low class, support her through schooling, and find her employment,” he narrated. He asked how many women would be willing to emulate such examples.
According to Turkson, this justifies his position that if God is love, then men—not women—are the replica of God on earth. “Women are only compassionate, which is ephemeral and normally time-bound,” he said. In addition, Turkson held that most women love what a man can provide rather than being in love with the man himself.
Touching on why marriages break down, he noted that the nature of women in relation to their social lives accounts for about 80% of divorce rates worldwide. He highlighted that since compassion is temporary and does not endure for long, this is inherent in the nature of women.
The spiritualist has stirred the hornet’s nest by positing that men naturally have love attributes built into their DNA, and not women. Such a position could potentially generate debate from feminists and gender activists who might disagree with him. Let the debate begin.
Source By DC Kwame Kwakye
