According to the recent research result released by TARIQ CONSULT NIG(TCN), it established that NIGERIAN FEMALES lost their VIRGINITY due to the following;
25% - RAPE/FORCED SEX
3% - ACCIDENT/ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Like auto accident, severe stress, reaction of their body to environmental conditions in some cases.
50% - SPECIAL DAYS/FESTIVITIES
Like Birthday, Graduation/Matriculation, Valentine's day, Picnics, Fun fairs, happy days, sometimes hurtful/emotional days, festivals like Christmas, Eid, new year etc.
3% - IGNORANCE.
Many young girls with no knowledge of sex education especially during childhood usually falls victims of being disflowered unknowingly. It is usually after the act many discovered such honor has been lost.
4% - MARRIAGE
Usually this is not counted as unfortunate manner that females gives off their honor because this is the only right and holy way a female should be honourably disflowered. Unfortunately this is now very rare.
7% - SELF SEX/MASTURBATIONS
This is now increasing day by day where you see female masturbating either by herself or by another female. A new person to this might loose hers in this respect.
8% - CONSULTATIONS
This is becoming rampant amongst ladies where by a young lady will consult a guy and request him to just disflowered her, they might just be friends or strangers.
OBSERVATIONS
The following observations were made during the research;
- That most girls (About 65%) now losses their virginity at Secondary Schools unlike before at higher institutions.
- The pride of the Night of Wedding Days has almost vanished.
- Whenever a females losses her virginity, it opens her up for wanted and unwanted illicit sex.
- Religious houses nowadays no more seriously count this as honor especially before marriage.
We hope this would be helpful to the society as we expect the parents to be more up and doing in educating their children as well as decent people to advice their friends against untimely loss of their honor.