...and the Power Puff Girls are examples of the focuses of my Americans in today's world. As a group, we are focused on the here and now and only with what is going on in our immediate vicinity or with what will affect us directly. Through all of this however is a drive that will at times override all rationale or common sense, it is our sex drive. The area of human sexuality is one that until relatively recent years has not been of importance. Now, we are beginning to branch out and become more open not only with studying our society but the society of other cultures as well. Africa is such as place where there is a melting pot of various cultures and ideas which either flow together in harmony or are heading towards each other in a head on collision therefore it provides a place for years of study.
As years pass by African societies begin to develop new practices and views while at the same time discarding the past ones. We will be dealing with the standard beliefs and opinions as a whole by focusing on the sexuality of the African majority. Marriage and courtships have certain guidelines that are followed by every culture on the planet. Sometimes there are set "scripts" that a group will follow such as group dating or a specific time of the year when the males and females will intermingle in some way to find mates amongst them. These traditions are beginning to crumble apart and new ideas are taking their places. Within the working class of Africa, many of the citizens are becoming employees of a "migrant labour system" (Metzer). As a part of this system, citizens are apart from their partners for a substantial amount of time, which can often lead to the temptation of finding willing sexual partners away from home. This has indeed become the norm throughout this society of people. Alongside this idea of sex outside of marriage is the old stigma...
