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A recent survey showed that half of 4,766 students questioned for a study have had unprotected sex. The nationwide survey was conducted by the Nairobi-based Centre for the Study of Adolescence [CSA]. It involved students aged between 12 and 19 from rural and urban communities across Kenya. Amongst the findings of the study were some shocking revelations.

According to CSA’s findings up to 30% of the young girls interviewed were raped by people who they interacted with every day, either within their families or teachers. [snip]

It is not just adult males who feel they can abuse young girls. The CSA survey found that one in 20 boys admitted to having coerced girls into sex. “We are discovering that boys are increasingly becoming violators of women. As a boy in Kenya you are socialised into believing girls are lesser, even your own sisters rank lower than you. So as a young man, do you grow up valuing women? No. Devaluing girls gives  the boys the impression they can violate women,” Muganda-Onyando explains. (Emphasis added)

Most Kenyan children (as in many other parts of Africa) grow up in a society where females are seen as second-rate citizens, young girls are taught to be subservient, not to look people in the eye, keep their heads bowed, do household chores and are always chosen last after their male peers. Not only does this encourage boys to believe themselves to be master, it also nurtures low self-esteem and self-deprecation in the girls.  (Emphasis added)
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Horrible!

That last paragraph I have bolded.. is so familiar.. It is the underlying reason why this continues to happen. And it is the cultural lever with which to change the status quo.

-- Edited by Sanders on Wednesday 24th of February 2010 03:21:35 PM