Promiscuous Girls, Good Spouses, and Cheating Husbands: Gender Inequality, Transitions to Marriage

Promiscuous Girls, Good Spouses, and Cheating Husbands: Gender Inequality, Transitions to Marriage

Daniel Jordan Smith

The transition from premarital intimate relationships and courtship to wedding and parenthood in southeastern Nigeria involves especially dramatic modifications for young ladies who have actually consumed changing a few ideas about sex, wedding, and gender equality, and who may have had active premarital sexual life. Within the eyes of culture, these ladies must transform from being promiscuous girls to good wives. This paper examines these corrections and, particularly, exactly exactly exactly how young hitched women’s lives are influenced by the truth of male infidelity and a persistent gendered dual standard about the acceptability of extramarital intercourse.

In Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, as with a great many other elements of the entire world, teenagers increasingly suppose being in love is a foundation so you can get hitched (Hirsch and Wardlow 2006, Cole and Thomas 2009). Continue reading “Promiscuous Girls, Good Spouses, and Cheating Husbands: Gender Inequality, Transitions to Marriage”

“Back within my school days I happened to be a much more available to new things than now.

“Back within my school days I happened to be a much more available to new things than now.

1. Everything’s approaching Rosa

“Back in my own university days I became far more available to new stuff than now. I’d heard of other dudes engaging in three-ways either with MMF or MFF and had been wondering as hell. Nonetheless it all seemed really opportunistic, just like people stumbled involved with it.

During my accounting course had been this drop-dead gorgeous sophomore (Rosa). About 5’7”, good rack, slender everything and long legs. She had a tattoo around her ankle and liked to flash it. She sat right in front of me therefore I joked lot together with her. Never ever seriously considered being inside her league at all.

One day we left class and she strolled away we strolled and chatted to the university center, and she stuck with me with me and. We informed her We had been going back again to my apartment and she wished to view it. Okay, win, win.

We arrive at my apartment and she’s looking around at things, commenting on different components of my “tasteful decoration” – none of it quite interesting. Continue reading ““Back within my school days I happened to be a much more available to new things than now.”