SEXUALITY IN MARRIAGE AND AFRICAN CULTURE: A SOCIO- ETHICALANALYSIS
ThispapergearedtowardsexaminingthesexualityinmarriageintheAfricaCulturalcontext.Thecontemporaryresearchworkhasshownthattherehasbeenaprogressivetrendstowardsanincreaseinpremaritalcoitius.Atleasteighty-fivepercentofadolescentshavehadsexualintercourseatonetimeortheother.IthasalsobeenconfirmedthatmanyNi...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2019
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| In: |
Religions' educator
Year: 2019, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-95 |
| Further subjects: | B
Sexuality
B Marriage B African B Culture and Socio-ethical |
| Summary: | 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 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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