Blind dating at Hawassa University: claims and denials
Nowadays, sexuality at most government universities is widely discussed in the public domain though this subject is taboo in the Ethiopian psyche. It is viewed taboo in most Ethiopian cultures. Sexuality is not discussed in public. It is widely believed that open discussion of sexuality with children within families will arouse their sexual drive. In most instances, the issue of sexuality are hidden. Accordingly, children particularly girls may grow up without the proper understanding of the subject. As a result of such traditional beliefs and sexual disorientation, perhaps not all sexual assaults, harassment, and intimidation which girls and women undergo are revealed. Relatively, rural women and girls are more vulnerable to this peril. In contrast to rural women and girls, girls who are born and grown up in cities and towns are in a better position to know more about sexuality. They can have good exposures of the subject from multiple sources: from family background, student cl