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Consequences of Our Sexualized Culture

Here's a piece I came across, its really thought provoking, I feel its actually the very same thing we experiencing in Nigeria, where a huge chunk of western culture mostly the negative ones are copied hook line and sinker by the young and even the old. Sexual innuendo, has become all up in your face, everyday from billboards to TV adverts, you see women showing their belly buttons, thighs, and the most common their boobs or putting it mildly cleavages. Watching a local musical video, you seen the most obscene sexual dances and dressing. The languages and lyrics are getting far more explicit by the day. I don’t know if anyone has noticed this trend lately, if you attend  children’s party, watch the little kids dance, they all want to dance like shakira, beyounce  or all the other female (sensual dancers out there). I feel this is not right, it’s not our culture and it’s not moral (from a decency or the religious angle). Well don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe either t