In the story Second Class Citizen, Buchi Emecheta shows what African women go through in modern Nigerian society and provides explanations as to why they should be treated equally. In the story, it gives us a great example of how men treated woman and how men should never mistreat her in any way. In the story Second Class Citizen, gender and sexuality were represented in the novel, showing how there should not be one gender more important than the other and how everyone should be treated equally, whether it is a woman or a male. Adah was brought up with the belief that she was only a woman who would always be beneath and less than the male gender. She was at a disadvantage going to school, but she rebelled as a young girl and went to school trying everything she could. She was taught to be just a good wife and not a woman of her own. All she was allowed to know were the responsibilities of a woman in a home. Her struggle continued even after her father died and she was taken to live at an uncle's house. When she got married she had virtually no education, she had to work to realize her dream of traveling abroad even when everything and everyone treated her like she was nothing. Everything always had to be against her. She achieved her goal by intuition and not by force, she showed everyone that she could do better than her brother, father, father-in-law, uncle and even her husband. She did not admire her husband before feeding or clothing her children, it was because of her power that her husband could travel abroad and when she was not accepted and could not travel the same way he could, but she did not surrendered, she really wanted her dreams to come true. “She was stiff... half paper... and should belong to a male for protection, security and companionship, this does not mean that she should be treated like a slave where the problem of marriage weighs the wife is too down. She should never have let him crush her. Therefore women should be seen as responsible individuals who can work together with men to build a solid foundation for creating a safe family with each other. In conclusion, in the story Second Class Citizen the author, Emecheta extensively explores the role of contemporary African women regarding their rights in society. They want the same rights as men on an ethical, professional, public and educational level. Women usually seek equal rights and participation in social activities just like men. Women do not want to suffer discrimination and segregation from the male gender, but freedom and equal rights on their part.