Junior was thirteen years old, when he had his first sexual
intercourse with a neighbor’s daughter Mary, who was 4 years older. From then
onwards Junior never looked back as he jumped from one girl to another.
Despite becoming sexually active as a Junior Secondary
School II student, Junior’s academic brilliance was a source of great joy to
his parents, his performance at Senior Secondary school Certificate Examination
(SSCE), was the best in recent times and as the only child of his parents, he
received every encouragement and got admitted into the Law Faculty of the
Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, South-west Nigeria. Even as a freshman he
continued to maintain his status as Play boy 001, the ultimate chick magnet and
the boy every freshman and sophomore wanted to be like. It was a strong belief
by most guys on campus that Junior had a “God-given” charm which made him
irresistible to any girl regardless of her class.
He graduated from University with good grades and proceeded
to the Nigerian Law School. He did very well at law school and then proceeded
for the mandatory one year National Youth Service—all these while junior’s
lucky streak with the ladies continued.
However, two weeks to his passing out Parade and subsequent
move to England for post graduate studies, nemesis came knockingat the door.
Junior became ill and was hospitalized for seven days.
He could neither eat nor drink and everyone was terrified at
the alarming rate at which he lost weight. At the hospital, the doctor asked to
see Junior’s relatives, by this time Junior’s parents had arrived having been
informed earlier of his worsening health condition by the corper’s liaison
officer (CLO). After spending some time at his bed side, His parents were
ushered into the doctor’s office. In the office, the doctor’s major problem was
not Junior but his mother who was crying profusely not believing what her eyes
had seen, and lamenting the fate that could befall her only child, yet the
doctor was about to reveal the mystery behind her son’s ill health.
While similar events have become a characteristic of our
generation no one seems to be noticing. Universities and College hostels have
been transformed to be mini brothels while “roaming” after school is fast
becoming a tradition among secondary or high school students. For peanuts young
men are willing to sacrifice their lives on the altar of pleasure, taking on
women old enough to be their mothers.
The “Play Boy” syndrome has come to be accepted in most
communities as a way of life. While the boys see it as the height of their
romantic illusion, the girls are happy to jump at any offer from the ladies man
not minding the consequences.
The fact that a play boy and his lieutenants could become
victims of HIV/AIDS and STIs, be assaulted by an estranged lover or lose future
ability to differentiate between true love and infatuation seem not to be a
source of worry, neither does unwanted pregnancy, child birth or abortion which
could stop education and eventually lead to a low self esteem appear to deter many.
As the world confronts the challenges of globalisation, the
entertainment Industry and a web saturated with explicit sexual content, is
increasingly making it difficult for young people to make informed decisions
about sex, the media simply encourage young lads to make potentially dangerous
decisions completely denying
them of the right to know the consequences of those actions.
As T.D Jakes rightly puts it “life will always require us to take risks but we
must discern which risk is worth taking and which will short circuit our long
term goals for short term pleasure”.
It is important to note that while the expression of one’s
sexuality is a normal component of living, control over this natural phenomenon
is however an individual decision. This is where Sex Education comes in. But
are parents ready to take on the taboo subject?
Quote:
“Players” are liable to die young”
—Oche Otorkpa
EXCERPTS FROM MY BOOK THE UNSEEN TERRORIST
EXCERPTS FROM MY BOOK THE UNSEEN TERRORIST
