Human SexualityBecause We Fear: The Danger of Sexual Ignorance Among Nigerian Girls
A university fellowship leader in educating young girls on sexual matters. She tells them to stay away from sex and abstain from it because, one, God hates fornication; and two, abstinence is the safest way to abstain from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Agnes, the fellowship leader goes on and on, explaining to these girls how boys conceive devilish motives to deflower them and ‘dump’ them. She says things like “Never open your legs for any...