PREMARITAL SEX AND ABORTION AS PERCEIVED CAUSE AND PREDISPOSING FACTORS OF ILL HEALTH CONDITIONS AMONG STUDENTS OF OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
The issue of unwanted pregnancy which is a product of premarital sex is a serious concern for those in the field of health promotional education because it leads to several physiological and sociological health issue that should be abated, through health education strategies.Imagine for a moment, a world without premarital sex, there would be less sexually transmitted disease (STDs), there would be no unwed mothers, and there would be less unwanted pregnancies and abortion. The above rightly capture the concern which premarital sex has generated among policy makers, researchers and even religious leaders. The rise in premarital sex in Africa has resulted from a sexual revolution that came with western culture (Scott, 2006). Sex in Nigeria before now was regarded as sacred and limited only to adult males and females within marriage (Alo, 2008). Public opinion polls have consistently shown that premarital sex is wrong and dangerous to health, resulting in abortions, teenage mothers and sexually transmitted infections (Aaron, 2006; Finer, 2007).
Pre-marital sex is an act of deviation. A deviant act is used here to refer to departure from societal norms that attract social disapproval which is likely to elicit negative sanctions. When students of different ages, nationalities, ethnic and religious backgrounds and status are brought together in a higher institutions environment, opportunities exist for sexual relationship.
Pre-marital sex is a violation of sexual norms and values of a society. Abdullahi (2004) explained that values are conceptions of what is right (good, desirable and proper) and wrong (bad, undesirable and improper). , Ibrahim (2003) observed, seem to value free sexual life on campus.
Unlike students of the 1970s and l980s, most students in present day Nigeria are likely to be of the view that life has little or no meaning without sexual interaction on campus.
From (1991) views the modern world as being strangulated between robotism and humanism life, he observed has no meaning; there is no joy, no reality, and no faith. In a situation like this, individuals resort to the comforts of the body, particularly in a university environment. Moreover, universities in modern Nigeria seem to have lost their focus in (lie area of student’s discipline).
Warner (1973) observed that sex before marriage is seen as normal and a pleasurable satisfaction which young adults experience.
The major consequence of premarital sex is pregnancy which of cause leads to abortion.
Abortion has become rampant all over the world. It is a common issue among the teenagers and adult women in the society. Issues relating to abortion has been on and generated a heated argument and distressing statistics concerning abortion have been documented.
