PROMOTING CHRISTIAN SEX ETHICS: A KEY TO REDRESSING RISING TREND OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The  subject  of  sex  is  clearly  an  issue  that  is  of  considerable  theoretical  and practical  relevance  to  the  current  Nigerian  society.  The  news  on  corruption bothering  on  the  political  class  ravaging  the  nation  economically  through  all kinds of fraudulent lifestyles no longer makesmuch headlines in our national dailies.  For  the  story  of  economic  subjugation  of  the  citizenry  by  the  ruling class  has  become  a  familiar  terrain.  What  appears  to  be  a  worrisome  trend therefore is the rising profile of sexualviolence against women involving both the  religious  and  political  leaders  as  well  as  the  ordinary  men  on  the  street. We  therefore  appear  to  be  living  in  an  age  of  sexual  revolution  that  is unleashing all kinds of promiscuous behavior among our citizenry that has far reaching  negative  consequences  on  our  women  population.  It  is  against  this backdrop of rising sexual violence in Nigeria that this work seeks to examine the  promotion  of  Christian  sexual  ethics  as  the way  forward.  Christian  ethics with  reference  to  our  attitudes  towards  human  sexuality  embraces  a  long  list of  things  that  people  are  prohibited  from  doing.  While  this  may  sound  too rigid  yet biblical context of sexual ethics provides the boundary of behaviour that secures humanity from sliding intothe negative aspects of sexual lifestyle that  is  damaging  to  the  overall  good      of    society  .This  study  invites  us  to consider the place of Biblical context in our fast changing society that is being overrun  by  sexual  violence.  The  work  involved  a  survey approach  and engaged the use of secondary and primary data.