This article explores the silence associated with sexuality in Africa. Aside from examining the false premise that homosexuality is un-African and un-Christian, this article argues that sexuality in Africa was not only socially controlled, but also carried socio-ethical and sacred overtones. Against the belief that sexuality in Africa exists in silence, the essay contends that in the traditional culture, sexuality was highly celebrated until missionaries attached shame to it—thus introducing the silence which is now defended as the default African position on human sexuality. The article concludes with some ethical considerations on sexuality in Africa. The politicisation of human sexuality across the globe continues to attract attention across academic disciplines.
Underlying such acts of violence and discrimination, at least in part, are deeply entrenched, but little-understood views of masculinity. A significant finding of the study was that there is no one definition of masculinity in India: men hold a range of beliefs about manhood, including how much control men must have over their wives and how equal women can be to men in the family and in society. For example, these respondents agree that men should share house work and responsibility for contraception. Compared to equitable men, the men who hold the most rigid views of masculinity are three times more likely to physically abuse an intimate partner in the last year and nearly four times more likely to want their wife to bear a son over a daughter. Son preference can have a detrimental effect on women through repeated pregnancies in order to produce a son.
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Coercing or conning a teen into sexual activity - it's called emotional grooming and it happens far too often to boys as well as girls. Using tactics like flattery, jealousy, and intimidation, the emotional groomer manipulates his or her target into a sexual relationship that can have devastating physical and emotional consequences for the victim. Parents, teachers, and adults who work with and care for youth can help adolescents recognize the signs of emotional grooming and learn to protect themselves from being used or abused.
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