By Sonnie Ekwowusi
You know, the above vices are symptoms of a deep-seated problem- a dysfunctional family system and promotion of safe-sex by the government and Western-sponsored NGOs.
Therefore, if we persist in tackling symptoms instead of the deep-seated problems, we would continue to be overwhelmed by the increasing vices.
The real solution to all these sexual perversities, rape and sexual objectification of women is raising up of children in strong values-imbued families and family values. Mere condemnation of rape or sexual perversities or child sexual molestation is not enough. The court sentencing of some of the perpetrators of the vices is not even a deterrent.
We must tackle the problem from its root. The family is the fundamental unit of society. Therefore, if the family is morally upright, it will translate to the moral uprightness of the society. Whereas if the families are perverse, then the society becomes perverse too.
I hope I am understood. Today’s crisis in Europe, Africa and other continents is a crisis of dysfunctional families and broken homes. If we fail to fix families, we are just wasting our time.
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Another solution is for the Nigerian government and these money-miss-road NGOs to stop promoting the so-called ‘safe-sex’, condom sex, and sexual reproductive rights in Nigeria. By promoting these immoralities over the years, the government and all these useless NGOs have succeeded in luring many young people into sexual perversities and rape.
It is unfortunate that we live in a sexual State. We live in an immoral society that teaches that there is nothing wrong with sexual escapism and marital infidelity, and prostitution. We live in a society that depicts women as sexual objects. I am yet to see any women’s NGO protesting the treatment of women as sex objects on TV and in commercial adverts.
Any small boy who calls himself a musician can afford to hire dozens of nude or semi-nude girls to dance naked for him on TV. The paradox is that while the small boy is properly dressed, the girls dancing for him are not properly dressed. This is the sexual objectification of women on TV and in commercial adverts. As I said earlier, I am waiting to see women NGOs protest this sexual objectification of women. Girls and women are NOT sexual objects: like men, they are created in the image and likeness of God. Therefore, they possessed intrinsic worth.
We must respect girls and women in the way we respect our mothers, wives and daughters.
Sonnie Ekwowusi
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