BE A GIVER NOT A TAKER


I recently read an article on why African women tend to marry much older African men.  The answers really didn't shock me, the most common reseason being for financial stability, and then that older men have already sowed their wild outs so to speak and should be more mature.  I don't know if I totally agree with these reasons but I guess statistics don't lie. Here is a link to help identify the reasons why this might be happening.  Why Young Women in South Africa are going for Older and Riskier Men.  

In this article it discusses the risks involved with the practice.  One of the biggest being the young woman's chances of being infected with HIV goes sky high.  I am annoyed theat there is not enough education and information for women in Africa to rise above this social stigma.  It states that younger women are encouraged to find older men to marry.  It is advised to have a "sugar daddy" to take care of meeting their needs and wants.  I think that women need to learn to stand on their own two feet, regardless of their social status.  Maybe there needs to be more preaching of gender equality and women gaining some self esteem and self worth, and then all this being exposed to STDs and HIV will eventually come under some kind of control.