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As far as I know, or have been told, discussion of sex is taboo in Afrikan culture.At least in southern Afrika. However, I have heard of a saying from elsewhere in Afrika (Nigeria, I think) that goes; 'What happens in the bedroom remains in the bedroom.'
I've always wondered wether males (and females for that matter) at initiation schools are taught anything about sex. Once again, all that happens at the initiation schools is kept a secret.
Today I believe that apart from the brief mention at school (biology class) sexuality is left to develop 'naturally'. But can we call it natural when sex is all over the media, increasingly so today? Interestingly, when I grew up it was unheard of to see black people even kissing on television or the movies, and it was white people that first gave us that sense of desire (from seeing nude or semi-nude Caucasian women in the media, esp. 'Mens' magazines). As a child I couldn't even fathom the idea that black people could be sexual. And black women used to breast feed in public, and it wasn't a source of temptation (we just knew them as our mothers and sisters, aunts, etc. - people we respected)...
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