Sweet Sixteen

A dumb girl, according to Bolaji Abdullahi’s ‘Sweet Sixteen’ is all of the following except one?

A. who doesn’t do well in exams
B. who doesn’t know when she is being manipulated
C. who misbehaves
D. who has sex with a boy to prove she loves him

Correct Answer: Option A

A. who doesn’t do well in exams

Explanation

Aliya’s father is of the opinion that the kind of girls that most boys like are dumb girls. He says “a dumb girl is the one who thinks she needs to have sex with a boy to prove that she loves him or who thinks that having sex and generally misbehaving is the way to show that she is grown-up, a girl who is not smart enough to know when she is being manipulated or exploited.

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