Nollywood actress Mary Njoku, has admonished men on the reason behind the way women address themselves as "independent."

The veteran filmmaker, via her Instagram page, emphasized that there's nothing like an "independent woman," noting how the concept of independence is not a preference, but rather a response.

She stressed that no one is happy to live alone, however, the choice has to be made when there is a lack of dependable people around one.

Advising men, she urged them to be dependable, and once the woman notices it, her resistance would turn into trust.

She wrote:
"There’s really no such thing as an independent woman.

Independence is not a preference; it’s usually a response.

No human truly wants to do life alone.
We become independent when we don’t have Dependable people around us.

So before labelling a woman as “independent” or “overly self-sufficient,” it’s worth asking why. Are you DEPENDABLE? Because when someone shows up CONSISTENTLY, nobody chooses isolation.

Independence is learned in the absence of reliability.

She is strong because she has to be.
Be dependable. And watch her strength soften into trust."