Sexuality in Nigerian Home Videos

Abstract

This study examines the depiction of sexual contents in selected Nigerian home videos. Although parents, peers, and school play a  central role in the process of sexual socialisation, there are several psychological, social, and cultural factors, which may be responsible  for adolescents' risky sexual behaviours. One of such that has had little scholarly attention is home video. Home video can be used to positively influence young people on sexual and reproductive health matters via strategic presentation of educational contents. In this  study, fifty Nigerian home videos were analyzed and results reveal that the Nigerian movie industry is an agenda setter for sexual  perversion among young people; and not an agenda setter for sex education and reproductive health issues. This portends negative  effects on young people, the Nigerian movie industry, and the society. Therefore, it is necessary for professionals interested in developing  effective interventions aimed at prevention of risky sexual behaviours to collaborate with film producers in Nigeria to  produce movies that would address such issues and promote safe sexual practices and advocacy of abstinence through home video.