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Sexual Attitude Of Secondary School Students In Nigeria
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CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The secondary school is the unit of
Nigeria’s formal education institution, which covers the period of later
childhood through adolescent. During this period, the child experiences
accelerated rate of development in secondary sex attributes.
These
include broken voice, natural emission in boy and enlarged breast in
girls; armpit and public hairs in boys and girls and the development of
heterosexual interests, coupled with this, is elongated and expansion of
penis, enlargement of testis and other primary sex organs (New Jersey,
1980).
The Secondary School age or adolescent stage is the period of
identifying oneself to a total person. It is the period or stage in
which the individual adolescent asks questions about themselves. The
search for answers involves much explanation, question and seeking
supportive figures. Peers are mostly the supporter because they are the
ones with whom the lines of communication are most open. Parental
influence therefore, may seem to be minimal while peers influence is
stronger.
1.2 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
According to history, sexual
activities have served as means of expressing some mankind’s best and
worst emotion (Read and Greene, 1975)
A cursory review of human
activities extending from the beginning of recorded history throughout
the Dark Age and renaissance reveals the instances of Rape, adultery and
illegitimacy (Greene, 1975)
The situation has not changed much in
contemporary time. Efforts are however being made by health education
experts, religious leaders, youth clubs and organisation to bring a
positive attitude change in people education of children and youths
about their sexually and appropriate sex roles.
The sex life of
Senior Secondary School (SSS) students poses a social problem which
society has ignored primarily because it has workable and acceptable
answer (Grauley Stewart Diaz 1973).
The youths of this generation
have more opportunity than ever before to indulge sexual intercourse
because three controlling fears of the past, social disgrace, venereal
disease, unwanted pregnancy have been reduced by breakthrough in
medicine and related discipline. Also diversified job opportunities
enable parents to travel great distance for better career and
recreation. This reduced the effectiveness of family and community
supervision of the adolescent (Grauley et al 1973).
Apart from social
disapproval of adolescent sexual later experimentation, there are
serious health related problems. These include exposure to venereal
diseases and its medical consequence due to delayed and appropriate
treatment, prostitution, abortion, by quacks, the use of questionable
method of birth control and finally premature termination of education
which increased social liabilities.
There are efforts to deal openly
and constructively with these sex related problems some of which is
that, children should know about venereal disease by the time they reach
the age of puberty. Information of this kind should be linked with
advice on the value of self-restrain and should stress the idealistic
views of the union of man and woman in marriage. Also proper
understanding and appropriate sex education will be remedy to teenage
pregnancies in Nigeria.
The present generation of Nigeria Secondary
School Student are much more younger than those of the last decade, this
is due to new innovation in Nigeria education as well as the awareness
and concern of parents in sending their children to school at a much
tender age.
Although, they are younger in chronological age, they
mature much earlier than predecessors. This was attributed to better
nutrition, improved standard of living and health care services. In
order to be of assistance to the adolescent in adjusting to the demand
of the society in sex, there is need for a thorough understanding of the
adolescents especially with respect to their attitudes of sex.
The
parent and communities attitude towards sexually or sexual behaviour was
that of comparison between their own generation and that of the present
generation of the youths.
Assumptions and speculative reports about
Senior Secondary Student’s sexual attitudes are inconsistent regarding
changes in students’ sexual attitudes. For instance, it is generally
assumed that there has been a great increase in numbers of active
Secondary Schools in the recent past. But is it really the case?
This
and related questions are what the study is set about to investigate
and come out with the correct data related to Senior Secondary School
Student sex attitudes in the recent years.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examined and determined sexual activities of the selected Senior Secondary School Students in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.The actual aim of the study was to identify the attitudes of Senior Secondary School Students to sexual matters so as to serve as basis for the introduction of sex education in our secondary schools.Based on the foregoing purpose, five questions were raised and favour null hypotheses are postulated.Six Secondary Schools were randomly sampled in Ikor ... Continue reading---
