SEXUALITY IN MARRIAGE AND AFRICAN CULTURE: A SOCIO- ETHICALANALYSIS
ThispapergearedtowardsexaminingthesexualityinmarriageintheAfricaCulturalcontext.Thecontemporaryresearchworkhasshownthattherehasbeenaprogressivetrendstowardsanincreaseinpremaritalcoitius.Atleasteighty-fivepercentofadolescentshavehadsexualintercourseatonetimeortheother.IthasalsobeenconfirmedthatmanyNi...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2019
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Religions' educator
Année: 2019, Volume: 18, Numéro: 1, Pages: 83-95 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Sexuality
B Marriage B African B Culture and Socio-ethical |
| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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