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| Efia Odo |
In a typical African home, a conversation
around sex is a taboo and it’s highly abhorred. Parents find it extremely hard
holding a conversation with their adolescents around sexuality even when they
know that their children are practicing sex.
The African
culture and tradition married with foreign religious values have compounded the
problem. It’s believed that talking to your children about sex will make them
promiscuous when they grow up. To avoid this, the topic is totally banned in
the home.
Study has
proven that parents who hold conversations with their children on the topic of
sexual and reproductive health, tend to have children who grow up knowing how
to be responsible when it comes to engaging in sexual activities.
In light of
the loud silence on the topic, Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson, asked on her
twitter handle to find out whether the topic is been discussed in the various
homes. She tweeted: “How many of you had your parents sit you down and have the
sex talk with you?”
Responding to
the question, Ghanaian actress, Efia Odo revealed that she had the chance of
holding such a conversation with her parents only when she lost her virginity.
“Had the talk after I broke my virginity. It wasn’t even a talk… it was a whole
bunch of insults”, she wrote.
Had the talk after I broke my virginity. It wasn’t even a talk... it was a whole bunch of insults 😩😆 https://t.co/z67uCcwVmJ
— efiaodo (@efiaodo1) July 22, 2020
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