Why
Should Sex Information Be a Taboo in Our
Society?
By Ethel Sillah
|
Concord Times
November 21, 2005
Young people are always engaged in casual sex
disregarding the fact that AIDS is real and for
this reason, “Should sex information be
considered as a taboo in our society?” questioned
Aminata Fofanah, a second year student of the
Milton Margai College of Education and Technology.
In light of the above, Voice
of Youth Radio participants at No. 41 Main Motor
Road in Congo Cross did a one-to-one interview/sensitization
on the causes and prevention of HIV/AIDS among
young people.
Disclosing to Voice of Youth,
Mrs. Esther Kargbo of Tengbeh Town said young
people should be given the opportunity to speak
curiously about their sex life. She went further,
that knowing all about the pandemic would create
the anxiety in preventing one from contracting
the disease.
Speaking to Musu Bangura
of the Freetown Secondary School for Girls at
Brookfield’s, she said young people, especially
teenage girls, are always ashamed to talk of
new changes in their bodies whereas even if
there are problems they are not in the position
to voice them out, thereby, living in fear and
trauma.
Another interviewee, Mohamed
Kamara, said young people should know what to
say or ask about sex rather than engaging themselves
in unprotected sex and not knowing the consequences.
Isatu Sesay, a form three
pupil of the Methodist Girls High School, said
sex education should be taught in school if
they are forbidden to discuss it at home. She
however noted that parent should be at peace
with themselves in discussing about sex with
their children whether male/female. As HIV is
contracted by the interaction of blood Mary
Musa, a practicing nurse, suggested ways in
avoiding the disease: abstinence, which is the
best for school-going children, the use of condom
for adults and the stick to one partner campaign.
Another contributor,
Marcella Coker, cautioned that the virus is
not only transmitted through sexual intercourse
and young people should always be on the safe
side of protecting themselves. Voices of Youth
participants are encouraging young people to
adhere to the rules in combating and preventing
HIV/AIDS in the country. “It is wise to
act like a wise man and save your life and enhance
your future, than be a foolish man and live
in dilemma,” said Salifu Koroma.
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