Good day to you. This is the third part of the Let's Talk About SEX series. If you missed the first two parts, I advised you go read them, below are the links:
I will be dwelling on prevalence of pre-marital sex in this third part. Pre-marital simply means sex before marriage.
In our societies these days, abnormal has become the new normal.
Historically, premarital sex was considered a moral issue which was taboo in many cultures and considered a sin by a number of religions, but since about the 1960s, it has become more widely accepted, especially in Western countries. It's generally believed that sex before marriage reduces the value of a person (especially women). It is always expected that both partners will abstain from sex until their wedding night. Although the focus was more on women than the men.
Historically, premarital sex was considered a moral issue which was taboo in many cultures and considered a sin by a number of religions, but since about the 1960s, it has become more widely accepted, especially in Western countries. It's generally believed that sex before marriage reduces the value of a person (especially women). It is always expected that both partners will abstain from sex until their wedding night. Although the focus was more on women than the men.
Nowadays, all that has change. The medial, what we read, listen and watch, even our society, everyone is preaching sex before marriage is good. We do think nothing is wrong with sex before marriage. Infact some claimed you've got to have some sexual experience before marriage. Some say you've got to taste it before you marry it.
While some of these things may seem valid, they are actually far fetched from the truth. Most of the unwanted pregnancies, abortions, single motherhood, STDs etc arises mostly as a result of pre-marital sex. Abstainace is not attractive anymore.
Unfortunately, we can't eat our cake and have it. Sexual activities among young people have been increasing worldwide. Several studies in Sub-Saharan Africa have also documented high and increasing pre-marital sexual activities among young peoples.
University life is characterized, for many students, by more independence and opportunities for social mixing than before. The situation is aggravated by the overall poor socioeconomic, environment, harmful traditional practices, low contraceptive use and voluntary counseling and testing utilization. A study in Malaysia reported that young people sexual intercourse was significantly associated with socio-demographic factors like environmental factors (living away from parents) and substance use (alcohol use, cigarette smoking, drug use).
Sexual behaviors of adolescents and youth are categorized as one of the main health priorities of a society because of high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and unwanted pregnancies. Family is an important environment that is associated with a range of social and emotional behaviors of children.
Based on the prominent role of the family in shaping sexual relations before marriage, it is necessary to educate and support families and also revise the neglected aspects.
Sex Education is needed to enlighten or young ones about the need to avoid pre-marital sex which has little to gain from and more to lose. Our society moral values is eroding away. Sexual purity is becoming abnormal. All these are dangerous pointers to what the future holds for our society. We can't afford have a sexual reckless society and not do anything about it
Tommorrow, I'll talk about some myths on sex.
Till then, stay safe and stay home.
That's the naked truth
ReplyDeleteThis is a question actually. What do you think of dry sex?
ReplyDeleteHere, there is no penetration at all.