The route
that the morality of young people should take in the 21st century has been a
topic of great discourse. Often times, people who give advice on the behaviour that
young people should exhibit will normally do so based on their understanding
without concrete analysis of the belief of others.
Such understanding
could be religious or liberal. However, I am more concerned about the kind of
morality that every young person should possess in other to have a positive effect
on each other.
Among young
people, the issue of Sex has been a theme of debate, many questions come to
fore and varying answers are provided to it. Such questions no doubt get
different responses.
However, by
virtue of being a Peer Educator courtesy of the UNILAG ANTI AIDS CLUB, I have
been educated on certain issues that relates to Sex as well as the sexually
transmitted Infections; being a member of THE UNILAG PRESS CLUB makes this
medium suitable to educate my peers and colleagues.
Who is a
peer Educator? A Peer Educator is someone who enlightens people who are of the
same age group or status on issues that concern them. This is what I intend to
do in this article.
With the kind of exposure that has surfaced on the psyche
of young people today and the misconceptions that have come with it, it may be
quite difficult to convince young people not to have sex till marriage. However,
I intend to focus more on putting in place mechanisms that will enhance
attitudes and behaviours that will bring about responsible characters in
relation to sex. This is one of the ways I intend to serve Humanity.
The attitude
and Behaviour earlier referred to, will stem out of certain values that
comports with the overall well-being of the society. When this is gotten right,
it becomes easier to relate it to issues about sex. The starting point of such
values is helping young people understand who they really are.
It may well be
said that people love to hang on to certain beliefs however; pretence takes
over when people try to put in place the values they put in for sex. The
objective of a peer Educator is about giving the right knowledge and tips on precautions
that need to be taken to avoid sexually transmitted infections.
It is
important to note that the greatest challenge in our society is that we get to
know about things late. As such, much damage might have been done even before
an infection is discovered. The male reproductive organ has only one opening
while the female reproductive organ has two. For an infection such as Gonorrhea,
the male gets to know about it quickly because having eaten through the urethra
by the virus, the male feels pain when he is about to urinate.
The female
has a urethra which is meant only for that purpose so if she is infected with
the virus, it may take a long time before it is discovered and this could have
caused severe damage to the body and even destroy the womb. Based on this, it
is very important that apart from the HIV status which some people try to check
on regularly, there is also the need to have checks on Hepatitis B and C
status. There are checks to be taken to avoid many more STIs. This I believe
every young person should take serious.
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