SEXUALITY IN MARRIAGE AND AFRICAN CULTURE: A SOCIO- ETHICALANALYSIS
ThispapergearedtowardsexaminingthesexualityinmarriageintheAfricaCulturalcontext.Thecontemporaryresearchworkhasshownthattherehasbeenaprogressivetrendstowardsanincreaseinpremaritalcoitius.Atleasteighty-fivepercentofadolescentshavehadsexualintercourseatonetimeortheother.IthasalsobeenconfirmedthatmanyNi...
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| Medienart: | Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2019
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Religions' educator
Jahr: 2019, Band: 18, Heft: 1, Seiten: 83-95 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Sexuality
B Marriage B African B Culture and Socio-ethical |
| Zusammenfassung: | ThispapergearedtowardsexaminingthesexualityinmarriageintheAfricaCulturalcontext.Thecontemporaryresearchworkhasshownthattherehasbeenaprogressivetrendstowardsanincreaseinpremaritalcoitius.Atleasteighty-fivepercentofadolescentshavehadsexualintercourseatonetimeortheother.IthasalsobeenconfirmedthatmanyNigerianadolescentshavepremaritalsexualintercourse(Oguntola2006).However,sexissaidtobeasacredaffairintraditionalAfricansocietyandordainedwithinmarriage.Theentirerangeofpastandpresenthumansocieties,marriagecanbedescribedasalegalunionofmanandwomanbasedonmutualagreement.However,agreatsignificanceisattachedtoavirginbride(Virgo-vitacta)andthisisthesocialbondforboththehighandthelowinYorubasocio-culturalsetting.Themoral-instincts(values)arescarcelyfoundandmaintainedinthemodernAfricansociety.Thispaperhighlyconcernedaboutthedeplorable,conditionoftherecentsocietywherepremaritalsexisthevogueandvirginityhasnovirtue.Alsotheobjectiveofthisworkistodelveintobiblicalandtraditionalrotefromthesocio-ethicalpointofviewandhistoricalmethodstoelicitour findings. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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