If the events in recent times are anything to go by, they should teach parents the need to by all means protect their daughters from rape. Rape brings not just physical harm but also emotional injury.
It subjects its victims to a life of trauma and stigmatisation; many victims have even been forced to commit suicide because they could not heal.
The teenager, studying for a National Diploma programme in Science Laboratory Technology, was reportedly attacked at her home in the Akinyele area of Ibadan. Her body was reportedly found in a pool of her own blood at the back of the house. The incidents spurred many women and girls to speak out on their rape experiences which occurred either in the past or recently.
They said even though governments should step up to tackle rape, however, much of the responsibility of tackling rape was on parents.the authors wrote, “Yes, governments should step up, but so should we. We must not be squeamish about bringing this issue to the dinner table.” They said, “We are guilty of protesting articulately outside but leaving it on the other side of the door when we sit down to dinner with our families. Until rape, and the structures – sexism, inequality, tradition – that make it possible, are part of our dinner-table conversation with the next generation, it will continue. Is it polite and comfortable to talk about it? No. Must we anyway? Yes.
They said one of the first things parents should stop doing was dividing boys and girls into “us vs them” groups. “Make sure they know if something ever makes them uncomfortable, they have every right to firmly say so and/or walk away from the situation,” they said.Another way to protect girl children from potential rapists is to enrol them for martial arts.
For older kids, the writers advised parents to teach them consent, pleasure, reciprocity, self-knowledge, safety, love, pop culture, media, among others.
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