Sunday, 21 February 2016

Sex and cultural beliefs

Culture is relative so is sex. One's idea about a certain phenomenon would be distinctly different from another in relations to the society he/she exists from. Sex and steorotypes are alike.
            "Is a girl called Gloria apt to be better looking than one called Bertha"
           "Are criminals more likely to be dark than blond"
           "Can you tell a good deal about one's personality from hearing his voice briefly over the phone"
           "Does the fact that one wears glasses imply he is intelligent"
 
The answers to all these questions is obviously no. Yet, from all the evidence at hand, most of us believe these things. So are the conceptions about sex. No subject today is likely to offend so discussions can be made openly.
        By the age of 16, the average child would have carried out some practices sexually related. This also falls back to the conservative and liberal nature of our society. The conservative Nigerian in contradiction to the liberal American promotes celibacy before marriage. This culture also promotes a woman who has gotten married to stay with their spouse despite all odds. The breakdown of this culture became evident due to hybridization resulting from merging two cultures. Hybridization has created the allowance for seperation and divorce in the African society which was normally unheard of. But really, to a Nigerian citizen sex is sacred and would always be.
            In a certain part of Nigeria, when a woman gets married and engàge in sex with her husband....the evidence in form of blood stained on a white material is brought to show her sexual sanctity thereby promoting the indigenious culture. America contrarily, is a nàtion engulfed in different cultural groups. Due to these difference conflict is bound to arise. Apart from the issue of Religion, sex is one of the major conflicts. In addition, these conflicting opinions relating to sex brings about major issues such as divorce.
              Divorce earnestly is a problem affecting the institution of marriage. Everyone has something to say about it. Realistically, the problems that cause divorce in most marriages is not so important as what should be its real cause. In Nigeria, most women are still in abusive marriages majorly because of their children and religion. I was so shocked when a woman I respect and admire so much said she is still staying in marriage cause of her children. But in America....what's the need of being in a marriage where sadness brews when there's something called "child's support". If the man then refuses to support his child, taking him to the court is just another right option.
Also dealing with the sacred nature of sexual relations in Nigeria is the issue of rape. The first thing that comes to the minds of a large number of people in Nigeria when a girl is raped is All  these girls that do not dress well eh, I know that she dressed in a seducing manner. They get into conclusions without finding the major cause and effects of rape.
My màjor point is that sex and its conceptions are diverse in relations to societal norms.
           

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