Causes Of Premarital Sex Among Undergraduate Students
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Causes Of Premarital Sex Among Undergraduate Students
Chapter one
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study.
Over time and throughout history, it has been noticed that opposing sexes attract, i.e., man to woman, young boys to young girls, male child to female parent (Oedipus complex) and female child to male father (Electra complex). The attraction could be sexual.
satisfaction, self-identity, or a sense of belonging. According to the literature, these two parties (man and female) have always had an unusually close relationship. Something, someone, or an idea brought them together.
Premarital sex is commonly used to refer to persons who are not yet of marriageable age, or between adults who will likely marry in the future but engage in sexual activity before marriage (Lucas, 2000; Ramesh, 2008; Barbra et al, 2001).
Public opinion polls have regularly proven that premarital sex is wrong and harmful to one’s health, resulting in abortions, teenage moms, and sexually transmitted infections. Premarital sex, or sex before marriage, is common among young people.
It includes fornication, rape, defilement, and incest. The causes have been identified as adolescent curiosity, evidence of manhood, libido, pornography and its negative consequences, insanity and sex promiscuity, and moral degeneration (Choe et al, 2004).
Premarital sex is seen and seen as a taboo in many cultures, and is considered a sin against man and God in most religions; nonetheless, it has grown more widely tolerated by substantial segments of the population in developed countries in recent decades. The growth in premarital sex in Africa is the result of a sexual revolution brought about by Western culture (Scott, 2005).
According to a 2014 Pew study on global morality, premarital sex was particularly unacceptable in “predominantly Muslim nations” such as Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, and Egypt, with each receiving more than 90% disapproval, whereas many people in Western European countries were the most accepting, with Spain, Germany, and France receiving less than 10% disapproval.
According to a 2001 UNICEF poll, more than two-thirds of young people in ten of the twelve developed countries with relevant data have had sexual intercourse while still in their teens. In Denmark and Finland,
Germany, Iceland, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States have roughly 25% of 15-year-olds and 50% of 17-year-olds who have had sex. This goes a long way towards demonstrating that even before students are admitted to university
a large portion of them are already familiar with the experience of sexual intercourse, and that these tendencies will continue at the university level.
Sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) among youth are on the rise worldwide; one-third of the 340 million new STDs diagnosed each year occur in those under the age of 25 (Fernandez et al, 2010). Nigerian society today faces numerous behavioural issues among adolescents.
Truancy, disobedience, drug crimes, violence, insult, larceny, violent demonstrations, vandalism, examination malpractice, robbery, and hidden cult activities are some examples (Nnanchi, 2003).
Aside from the commonly publicised behavioural disorders, heterosexual activities are identified as a sort of behavioural problem widespread in Nigerian secondary school.
In the literature, these are referred to as sex abuse, sex offences, sexual misconduct, sexual immorality, sexual promiscuity, and sexual maladjustment (Odoemelamelam, 1996; Adedipe, 2000; Ndu, 2000; Nnachi, 2003).
When these individuals graduate from secondary school, they bring with them not just learnt behaviour and new ideologies, but also the opportunity to explore their newly acquired freedom.
Sexual intercourse is highly gratifying, both during and after the act, as evidenced by observation, reports, and witness testimony of those who partake in it, and as such, the ordinary person is drawn to activities that produce pleasure.
People engage in premarital sex, particularly university undergraduates, for a variety of reasons, including curiosity, pleasure, and a sense of accomplishment. Premarital sex among undergraduate students at the University of Benin has increased and is progressively becoming the standard in our culture and university communities.
On one occasion, just outside my Faculty’s door, I witnessed a girl and a male who were clearly not married kissing and smooching for an extended period of time in the dark.
Cases of students found engaging in sexual intercourse outside of the University Campus have been recorded from time to time among undergraduate students in unusual locales.
My flatmate attests to an instance in which he and his buddies witnessed some students in the act around the dark corners of his faculty; one thing led to another, and the issue was escalated to the security department at the University of Benin.
According to Abdullahi and Umar (2008), “Sexual behaviour among students at our university is speculatively very rampant and worrisome.” In this contest, it is critical to understand why youth engage in dangerous sexual behaviour, as well as the elements that influence the behaviour.
When the Dean of Students Affairs at the University of Maiduguri, who is responsible for regulating student conduct, issued a circular to checkmate sex activity among students, the students thought that neither the deanery nor the university authorities had jurisdiction over their sex life.
The students, who live in cramped quarters and study in a challenging academic environment, were upset not by a lack of resources in the resident halls or teaching areas, but by the university administration’s intervention in their personal lives (Their Activities). On the night of Monday, 28
In January 2002, the students staged a demonstration during which the Dean of Student Affairs was battered and sand thrown at him.
As can be seen from the above, students place a high value on sex and sex activities, even when other parts of their health and future are jeopardised. They would rather to battle for “their personal life”.
Taking time to reflect on why the topic of sex has become such a major concern in this day and age, one can see that the media has somehow succeeded in producing images of sex, sexual feeling, and sexual excitement in our subconscious minds.
Careful observation will reveal that on practically every television station you switch to, there is either a gorgeous damsel who is half naked and purposefully showing off her cleavage, the size of her breast, or her hip in order to draw your attention to a specific product or service. This also applies to the opposite sex, who would display his physique and “six pack” merely to sell underwear.
Access to the internet (which is actually a great thing) has exacerbated the issue of sexual feeling and desire, particularly among undergraduates who are enticed to subscribe to a porn site, watch a pornographic film, or hookup with the click of a link.
This jingle about sex and sexual activities includes newspapers, magazines, and other literary materials. All of this enhances and enables the individual to engage in premarital sex, in which everything around an individual promotes the pleasure of sex and a desire to satisfy one’s id.
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