Globalization and cultural erosion: Impact on sexuality in Nigeria
Globalization and cultural erosion: Impact on sexuality in Nigeria
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全球化和文化侵蚀：对尼日利亚性行为的影响
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2015
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D. Fakeye
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D. Fakeye
世界不同民族文化的一个重要组成部分是性。在尼日利亚，有关性的讨论被严格限制在家庭和宗教界、高等教育机构、国家和州议会的神圣墙壁以及报纸的版面中。全球化的到来提高了尼日利亚人的性意识并重新定位。全球化前的尼日利亚文化的特点是婚姻中男女之间对性的限制以及家庭生活的相关问题。此外，童贞或女童贞洁被认为是新娘家庭的骄傲，因此任何敢于违背规范的人都会被认为给她的家庭带来耻辱，并受到整个社区的耻辱。此外，社会的每个成员都受到社会期望、迷信、禁忌和文化所设定的一般规则的指导。所有这些形成了人们的身份和价值体系，不符合这一体系的个人通常会受到严厉制裁。然而，随着全球化的到来、快速变化的信息传播世界和文化帝国主义，关于人类性行为的传统观念正在整个非洲（包括尼日利亚）迅速发生变化。因此，本文的重点是探讨全球化对尼日利亚性行为的影响。还建议父母应通过向孩子们传授民间故事和歌曲，采用非洲土著语言的教学价值观来对尼日利亚儿童进行再教育，这将消除全球化的负面影响，并在家庭中加强非洲土著价值观体系。
An important component of culture among different people of the world is sexuality. In Nigeria discourses on sexuality are strictly placed in the purview of family and religious circles, higher institution of learning, in the hallowed walls of national and state assemblies, and pages of news papers. The adventt of globalization has brought an increase in sexual awareness and reorientation among Nigerians. The pre-globalised Nigerian culture was characterized by restriction of sex and related issues to family life between a man and a woman who are joined in marriage. In addition, virginity or girlchild chastity was considered a thing of pride for the bride’s family and as such any one who dared to deviate from the norms was deemed to have brought shame upon her family and was stigmatized by the entire community. Further still, every member of the society was guided by general rules as set by societal expectations, superstitions, taboos and culture. All these formed the identity and value system of the people and individuals that failed to conform were usually sanctioned heavily. However, with the advent of globalization, the fast changing world of information dissemination and cultural imperialism, traditional ideas about human sexuality are changing fast across Africa, Nigeria inclusive. The focus of this paper therefore is to examine the impact of globalization on sexuality in Nigeria. Recommendations are also made that parents should re-educate the Nigerian child by employing didactic values of the African indigenous languages through teaching their children folk tales and songs that will neutralize the negative influence of globalization as well as reinforce the indigenous African value systems in homes.