CHAPTER ONE

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background:

Sex culture refers to the correlation between society’s level culture achievement and its level of sexual restraint (Unwin J.D.)

The principal thesis of this highly elaborate investigation is that there is a casual relationship between sexual opportunity and culture condition (Ginsberg M.  1933)

Most culture have social norms regarding sexuality and define normal sexuality to consist only of certain sex acts between individuals who meet criteria of age.

Safe sex means taking steps before sex that can prevent you grom getting a infection, or from giving an infection to your partner.

Results revealed that sexual knowledge had a negative effect on sex attitude and had no significant effect on safe sex behavior. Moreover, adolescents with more sexual knowledge had less positive sexual attitudes and did not show increased practices on safe sex behavior (LOU JH 2009)

The internet and social media exposed adolescents in particular to globalized culture and different social norms and values related to sex and sex culture (LOU JH 2020)

The result of the present study indicated that for adolescent students the internet, media, friends books and magazines were the main sources of information regarding safe sex and HIV/STI’s.. Most of the adolescent (87% n = 215) felt that there should be classes related to HIV/AIDS. Other STI’s and safe sex in school (McManus A, 2008)

To explore gender differences in sexual knowledge and attitudes, studies found that male students are more curious about sex (LYU J 2020)

The history of sex education enables us to gain valuable insights into the cultural constructions of what different societies have defined as normally sexuality and sexual health yet the history of sex education has only attracted full attention of historians of modern sexuality.

More than one third of students as this study usually have no accurate knowledge perceptions and practice of safe sex thus sex education should occur throughout a student’s grade level with information appropriate to student’s development and cultural background (McManus A 2018) KOSCIC

Increased levels of awareness of HIV and greater knowledge about it transmission and prevention have not always been associated with decreases in risky sexual behaviors among young people in Cameroon. More information is needed about the factors associate with these behaviors. Method; data on social, demographic and economic characteristics and sexual behaviors were collected from 671 youths living in Bamenda, Cameroon in 1995. Multivariate techniques were used of analyze the effects to these characteristics on early initiation of intercourse, sex with multiple partners, casual sex and nonuse of condoms. Results; the average at first intercourse was 15.6 for males and 15.8 for females. The main reason given for initiating sexual activity was curiosity.  (53% of males however said their first sexual experience had not been voluntary. The most important factors of sex before age 16 were school education. Family composition and house hold-hold sexual risk behaviors. Compared with youths, living in a house-hold 1.4 times as lively to be sexually active at the time of the time of the survey and 1.3 times as likely to have had casual sex in the previous year. Young people living with only one parent were 1.6 times as likely as those in tow parent’s households to be sexually active, 2.8 times as like to have multiple concurrent partners, 1.7 times as likely to have had casual sex in the previous year and 1.1 times as likely not to be using condoms. Living with grand parents generally had a protective effect, while living with a sibling alone or with other persons generally increased the likelihood of engaging in sexual risk with less `stable living environments are more likely than other youths to engage in sexual behaviors that put them at risk of contracting HIV. Improving the living conditions of families, especially those headed by single women, could help curb the spread of AIDS.  (Rwenge M. 2000)

1.2. Problem Statement

Sex culture is one of most challenging behaviors among teenagers in the 21^st century many teenagers’ (secondary school student) knowledge about sex culture and their attitude towards this is of great concerns. Students around the world demonstrate a limited conceptual understanding transmitted disease and reproductive system works has been linked with risks such as sexually transmitted disease and unintended pregnancies (taylor and francis 2019)

Young adults ages 15 to 29years accounts 32% of AIDS. Lack of knowledge on safe sex culture is great tool in solving this challenge and that is why students who have an understanding towards safe sex have a of behaving in the community as a whole.

1.3 Rationale

The reason for this study is due to the fact that adolescents have limited knowledge about their sexual and reproductive health and by so doing helping them in maintaining a healthy and safe sexual life for both the boys and girls.

1.4. Research Questions:

• What knowledge do the students of BGS Molyko have on safe sex culture?
• What is the attitude of these students towards safe sex?

1.5 Objectives

1.5.1 General objectives

To evaluate the knowledge and practice of school girls and boys towards safe sex culture in BGS Molyko

1.5.2 Specific objectives

1 .To assess the knowledge of the students of BGS Molyko on safe sex

1. To describe their attitude towards safe sex culture.