Comfort Zone: Cameroon mainstream media and toxic masculinity

By Comfort Mussa Yesterday I went to the news stand for my daily supply of newspapers. I was drawn to The Guardian Post edition 1070. It had a bold headline at the top of the cover page which read “Pastor jailed for sucking minor’s breast” Yes!! I told myself it serves the Pastor right .I was glad to see the story prioritized on cover page. Not only are stories on violence against women under reported in mainstream media in Cameroon, when they are, the stories are buried in rather obscure pages inside the newspapers. Seeing one on the cover page…