​Matric Dance Has Changed Drastically

​For several learners surveyed, the most important aspect of the dance is having a good grade 11 matric dance committee to organise the finer details of the dance, from the seating arrangements to the décor and music.

Matric dance farewell should be about saying good byes to your school and classmates as you are going to start a new chapter of your life after the results are out, making friends, having fun and enjoying the night in a responsible way. Today, it is all about who is wearing the most expensive extra ordinary dress or suit, the best exported weave, the best applied make-up, best shoes and the best everything. Also, it is about who is going to buy expensive alcohol for the after party.

If you don’t have money or rather enough money, then you should not wish to attend the farewell as you will either be a laughing stock or a loser. 

In other high schools, the matric farewell is not there at all because of unusual incidents learners find themselves into in the name of “matric dance”. Learners try too hard to go to the farewell and when they are disappointed financially, they end up committing suicide. Whereas on the other hand, some try to look for temporary jobs and write letters to well-known fashion designers for sponsorships so they can also be present like other learners.

The farewell has turned out to be an enemy to learners. They overdrink alcohol and overdose on drugs and finds themselves in hospital beds and some in mortuaries. Some girls engage in sexual activities and end up catching sexual transmitted diseases and falling pregnant.

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Kevin Carter And The Famous Sudanese Girl Photograph

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Photograph: Kevin Carter, 1993, Sudan.
Kevin Carter won a Pulitzer Prize for his famous photograph of a Sudanese girl being stalked by a vulture. However, leaving the scene after taking the photograph without helping the child brought criticism and controversy for the photograph and Carter as a photojournalist. The same year of receiving the prize, Carter committed suicide. One might say that his suicide was a direct result of his experience with the Sudanese girl as implied in the message. 

In March 1993 Kevin Carter made a trip to Sudan. The trip to Sudan was part of the assignment he was doing. There were parents who left their children to briefly collect food from the plane. While they were away, Carter found a girl who had stopped to rest while struggling to get to a United Nations feeding centre near a village of Ayod. While the young girl was struggling to get to the centre, a vulture had landed nearby. Carter waited for twenty minutes until the vulture was close enough without disturbing it and scaring it away, positioned himself for the best possible photo and only then after his best shot which was shot from approximately 10 meters, chased the vulture away. 

Doing what he did best, he shot a  powerful photograph of which he was not aware that he had shot one of the most controversial photographs in the history of photojournalism.

The photograph was sold to The New York Times where it appeared for the first time on March 26, 1993. Many people contacted the publication to ask whether the child had survived or not. This led the publication to run a special editor’s note saying that the girl had enough strength to walk away from the vulture, whereas her ultimate fate was unknown. 

Carter was bombarded with questions about why he used the girl but did not help the her where as he chased the vulture after taking photographs. Criticism followed in a large scale even by other publications. The St. Petersburg Times in Florida wrote: “The man adjusting his lens to take just the right frame of her suffering, might just as well be a predator, another vulture on the scene”.

People criticized the photograph even though Carter explained that he did chase the Vulture away from the girl. The criticism was based on the bases that Carter did not chase the Vulture immediately after it landed near the girl and that he chased the vulture after taking the photographs and left the girl there  in a weak condition to continue the journey by her self towards the feeding center.

While working in Sudan,  Photojournalists were told not to touch famine victims for fear of spreading of the disease as there were almost twenty people dying in an hour at the food center. The child was sick just as others. Regardless of Carter often helping or not, there was not going to be any difference. However,  Carter said that he regret not doing anything to help the girl.

In 1994, Kevin Carter won the Pulitzer prize for the ‘disturbing’ photograph of a Sudanese child being stalked by a vulture.

Kevin Carter’s photograph won a Pulitzer Prize because it is considered the best and it is ethical.

Photographs shape our culture in different ways both ethically, morally, and logically. They tell stories and some people understand them better than texts, even though they might interpret them differently. Yes, some photographs might be misleading because of programmes like Photoshop that manipulates them. But Photographs reveal unlimited truths, expose misconducts and negligence, inspire hope and understanding and connect people around the world through the language of visual understanding. This is to say that Kevin Carter’s photograph is powerful and ethical because it tells a real life story about Africa. It shows people of the conditions some countries come across.

According to an ethical philosophy outlined by a California State University Fullerton, Professor Paul Martin Lester which is called Utilitarianism. The philosophy attempts to balance positives and negatives of a situation, and maximize the good for the highest number of people. For example, if horrific photos of a car crash offend the victims’ families, but shock the community into driving safely, then by Utilitarianism the taking and publication of those photos is considered to be ethical. Similar to Kevin Carter’s photograph, if the sensitive and nude photo of a starving child in Sudan offend some viewers or her close relatives and family, but shock the neighbouring countries and other countries around the world in wanting to help Sudan in terms of starvation and poverty situations they are facing then it is also considered ethical. Some countries might want to donate money, and some might donate health facility equipments to cure the already affected victims by seeing the photo.

Kevin carter might not have put aside the camera but he did offer help to the Sudanese Girl by chasing away the vulture to show that not only did he publish the photo for rankings but to cry out for help from other countries which is also ethical, even though he did not realize it.

On 27 July 1994 Carter drove his way to Parkmore near the Field and Study Center, an area where he used to play as a child. He committed suicide there by taping one end of a hose to his pickup truck’s exhaust pipe and running the other end to the driver’s side window. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning at the age of 33. 

Sources: 

1. http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/vulture-little-girl/

2. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/kevin-carter-pulitzer.shtml

The Importance Of Drinking Beer

​Alcohol, whether it is beer or wine is apparently unknown to help reduce heart disease to the society but well known to cruelty burn the liver. There is a lot of controversy surrounding beer and is often seen in a more negative light than a positive one. A beer is celebrated as the drink of choice for various people of different cultures and lifestyles. A beer should be respected in the society. However, it doesn’t mean that everyone must drink a beer on a daily basis, but to know that it does have a positive impact on one’s health.

With the careful and moderate intake of beer comes many positive benefits in relations to health. Beer has a package of nutrients. It contains: proteins, vitamins B1; B2; B3; B6; B9 (Folic acids aids in colon cancer prevention) and B12, vitamins B like niacin, pantothenic acid, folate, and riboflavin. It is also rich in silicon, a nutrient that is said to help strengthen the bones. Beer contains Lactoflavin and nicotinic acid which cures Insomnia. It lowers bad cholesterol, reduces the risk of heart attacks, prevents blood clots, helps to fight stress, reduces the risk of developing kidney stones by 40 percent, and contains fibre which prevents overeating,

Multiple studies have revealed that beer drinkers has an approximately 30 percent lower risk of type-2 diabetes, a lower risk of developing gallstones that cause pain in the stomach, reduces the risk of stroke; Alzheimer’s disease (a brain related illness); Cancer (putting meat in a marinade of beer can remove almost 70 percent of carcinogens from the meat), and it has a positive impact on skin pigmentation which makes the skin to become smoother.

People confuse the moderate intake of beer and the abuse of it. Alcohol or beer abuse can cause organ damage and even contributes to deaths every year through drunk driving accidents. The best known effect is the damage it can cause to one’s liver. The liver pushes aside fatty acids to digest the alcohol first when too much is consumed. This can cause the liver to collect a bunch of unnecessary fat that damages its function. This is to say that the careful and moderate intake of beer doesn’t have this negative effect. Eating too much food can cause obesity, exercising for too long and too hard can cause injuries, taking too much medicine also has negative health effects, and people can even die from drinking too much water. Similar, the abuse of alcohol has negative impacts.

Sources:

http://howafrica.com/new-research-reveals-10-good-reasons-drink-beer-4-important/embed/#?secret=AAdH1lCTUN
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12 Unexpected Benefits of Beer That Give You Good Reasons To Drink It

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Stop Acid Violence Against Women And Children

​Men have been using acid as a weapon against thousands of women and children to destroy their lives. They pour them with acid especially in their faces resulting in burning them. They mostly use Sulphuric and nitrite acids and sometimes Hydrochloric acid is also used. Men are also attacked, but very few of them are victims.

According to Kundan Srivastava, Indian Human Rights Activist, Author and Social Entrepreneur “Acid throwing also known as acid attack or vitriol age is a form of violent assault defined as the act of throwing acid or a similarly corrosive substance onto the body of another with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill”

Victims of acid attack are being attacked for different reasons which vary from country to country. It has been witnessed that the most reasons behind the attacks are the rejection of love and marriage proposal, family and marriage disputes, land; property disputes, money related issues, revenge, the weak rule of law, political corruption and cultural inequalities between genders. Some men perform such an evil act because they are intimidated by women who are successful and have achieved more than them. They also believe that they are more superior to women so women must abide by them.

Acid attacks rarely kill the victims. Nitric or sulphuric acid has a shocking impact on the human body. Most often, survivors are permanently blinded and lose the use of their hands, which makes their everyday chores difficult if not impossible. The acids damage the skin tissue, sometimes dissolves the bones, and causes permanent scarring of the face and body. Without assistance, many survivors are unable to find employment, and when they get assistance, adapting to the habits of their previous life will take years. Survivors experience narrow strength and must deal with various discomforts such as skin tightness and severe itching.

The psychological scars may be invisible, but they are traumatic. The isolation many survivors face as they are excluded from their communities, causes additional difficulty. The treatment is expensive, and the unprivileged people who cannot afford it are disadvantaged.

An in-depth research by the ASTI (Acid Survivor Trust International and its partners) states that acid attacks are a worldwide phenomenon that are not limited to a particular race, religion or geographical location. They occur in many countries in the South-East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, the West Indies and the Middle East. Statistics proves that from 1999-2016(June) the number of acid attacks is 3325 in total, and the number of victims who survived is 3688 in total.

Activists have edged manufacturers and the government to regulate and stop the acid sales so to reduce the attacks and a little has been done. Now, campaigns in relations to stop the attacks and reduce the sales have emerged.

Laxmi, a victim of acid attack and a standard-bearer for Stop Acid Attacks (SAA) campaign, gathered 27 000 signatures for a request to reduce acid sales and took her request to the Indian Supreme Court. The State Department said, “Laxmi’s request led the Supreme Court to order the Indian central and state governments to regulate immediately the sale of acid, and the Parliament to make prosecutions of acid attacks easier to pursue.”

SAA (Stop Acid Attacks) is a campaign against acid violence. It works as a bridge between survivors and the society, as most of the victims of this brutal crime have isolated themselves after losing their faces. Due to ignorance of the government and the civil society, most survivors are hopeless and live like outcasts.

Manufacturers say that acids are legitimately purchased for industrial purposes, tanning units and for floor and toilets cleaning. So if they are regulated and increased then they will lose profit as many people will not buy and some employees will not earn enough money to provide for their families.

Sources:

1. https://www.bitgiving.com/project/index/id/BIT015

2. http://www.kundansrivastava.com/weak-laws-against-acid-attacks/

3. http://www.stopacidattacks.org/2014/03/stop-acid-attacks-campaigner-laxmi-to.html

4. http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/acid-violence/

5. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/acid-attacks-women-india_n_4220712.html

6. http://www.acidsurvivors.org/Statistics

7. Photo source: http://news.statetimes.in/students-stage-protest-srinagar-acid-attack/

Baby Making And Selling Factories Hits The Illegal Market

​Baby making and selling factories are amongst the recently established forms of illegal businesses trending in the society across the globe. With the increased request for adoption and people being desperate to have babies to an extend of buying them, fast evil minds thought of them being their target market and the idea of establishing homes for making babies and selling them to anonymous people and made it to practice.

Most of these baby factories display themselves as orphanages or hospitals but have the main secretive business plan of making and selling babies against the voluntary wishes of their respective mothers. While some of these pregnant girls voluntarily come to these homes already pregnant, with the purpose of protecting themselves from the shame of friends and families they have brought, some are permanent workers who live their babies there by choice or by force. Some make babies just to sell them. These mothers are paid for their babies but on numerous occasions, they would love to have their babies back but just cannot.

A business is anything that an individual does as his or her regular employment, profession or trade. While there are varieties of generally accepted businesses in the world today, many people still chose to make illegal businesses their means of living without even thinking of the consequences. As the population of the world continues to increase daily, without an equivalent increase in resources, human beings have continued to pursue means of survival and income through the good, the bad and the ugly.

It is an uncomplicated rule that where there are more people with few resources, then there will absolutely be a fight between the two. People use different methods to win the resources to make a living, with some being good; hard; slow, whereas the others are bad and apparently easier, and faster.

There are many illegal businesses people presently engage themselves in but the most recognised in the world are Pornography, Smuggling, Violence and Terrorism, Bribery, Human Trafficking, Drug Pushing/Trafficking, Piracy, Counterfeiting and Forgery, Prostitution, Internet Crimes (Hacking/Data Leakage and Fraud), and the newly established Baby Factories. The businesses are not only shocking, but they are overall cruel and well-paid further than what one has ever imagined.

Sources: HowAfrica

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A Student’s Approach To The Economy

Talk about blowing money every weekend on parties, clubs, alcohol, drugs and flashy clothes that are not a necessity then you can befriend a student. Many students think that because they are far away from home and they get “unusual” money that is totally different from that which they were getting while in high school the world belongs to them. Even though some did subjects that are financially related, an ignorance and reckless attitude towards the use of money is highly positive.

Majority of students only care about having something to eat, drink and cloth to put on because they are not making the money that they carelessly using for themselves. It is either they are using a bursary, scholarship, National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), or getting the money from their parents.

This kind of use of money stems from the lack of knowledge and understanding of the value and importance of saving and investing. Basically, money should be used only when the need is identified. Tuition money pays for many of the services offered at the campus which includes classes. Bunking classes means that the money paid for the tuition (classes) is being wasted.

The perspective of the economy to a student can be best described by the earnings or allowance they receive on a monthly basis, managed by the cost of living. For students with earnings that fit their monthly basic resources only and nothing more, their view on the economy will be that money has to sustain the existence within their basic resources for their survival. For students whose earnings exceed their basic resources which opens channels to having money for recreational use and entertainment, their perspective on money will be that money has to sustain and entertain their existence within and outside their surroundings.

With parents not being around to throw them home-cooked meals, students often get pizza; chips and burger, order takeaways or even eat out on a restaurant. Even if the food they are buying is expensive, they will still buy them because of laziness and being away from home.

Students if not all, don’t pay attention on how the country governs the production and consumption of goods and services as well as how the country’s finance is governed. The country tries by all means to get the citizens more especially the  students involved on knowing the state of the economy by networking programs like the budget speech and channels like the parliament whereby the society gets to know how the country’s money is utilized.

These programmers and channels are even recapped on the social media, print or traditional media, and even on electronic devices. Legislation and several notices are posted on the government gazette to keep them informed about the economy but they are still not interested. Their interest with regards to the internet lies within Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube for unnecessary information.

This is because most students find these notices boring hence they become less informed about the country’s economy which sometimes results in many students not even knowing how to help the government improve the country’s economy.
Even though majority of students are horrible at managing their finance, there are some who are responsible when it comes to money because they know the value and the importance of money which is encouraged by their backgrounds. They might not notice that the country is approaching inflation but their mindful and careful use of money as a positive impact on the country’s economy in a way.

Related Sources:
1. www.ecampustours.com.
2. – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mybanktracker/10-ways-college-students_b_5042504.html

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A 13-year-old Girl Receives A Disciplinary Hearing For Writing An Academic Essay

For a democratic country like South Africa, it is unethical for an institution to grant one a disciplinary hearing for writing an academic essay.  Yes, chapter 2 of the constitution sates that the right to freedom of expression does not extend to advocacy of hatred that is based on race; ethnicity; gender or religion that constitutes incitement to cause harm but primary education does not go into details about the constitution and the bill of rights for a 13-year old pupil to be learned enough to have that kind of knowledge. Why a pupil should be punished for doing her school work and writing about her own ideas that are led by what is happening around the country?

A 13-year-old grade 8 pupil from Pretoria High School for Girls received a disciplinary hearing for writing in her English creative writing essay that black women always receive the short end of the stick compared to white women and that white women are at more of an advantage than black women.

She presented a speech in class about employment in South Africa. In her speech, she compared the politics of employment for both pre- and post-apartheid and highlighted the ills of apartheid and the role of trade unions until she got interrupted by her teacher who took her to the principal’s office where she was threatened with suspension.

The school used hair regulations which is part of the code of conduct against her when her parents took actions against them because of her hair which is a natural afro. Pretoria News (Tankiso Makhetha, 30-Aug-2016, 3).

After the incident, the pupils from the school got angry and decided to take action against the school because they have had enough of all the inappropriate comments, unpleasant racist policies and racist actions implemented to them by their teachers and the staff. The pupils said that they have raised complaints about the school culture and racism at the school in the past, but they have been told that their focus on race and politics is the reason why there is no black student among the top 10 achievers.

The pupils organized a silent protest around the school to protest against the rules and regulations on the hair of black pupils. The protest was during break-time and the pupils chanted “we are tired”. They then created a social media hashtag #StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh which went viral with many tweets adding their voice in support of the protest and stressing out racism which could be happening in other schools too.

University of Pretoria students including former Pretoria High School for Girls pupils and parents stood in solidarity on Monday the 29th of August after the social media hashtag #StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh silent protest went viral. A petition, in solidarity with the pupils, appeared online calling on Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi and the school staff to take action.

The protest was in support of the girls who have had enough of the biases they have experienced from their teachers and staff from the school about their hair. The protesters also edged for the school code of conduct be changed because it is the cause of all the activities. There is a place for school rules. But when they are racist and attempt to protect the white status quo over a black child’s identity, then they are no longer just rules but violations. The Mail and Guardian online (Ra’eesa Pather, 30-Aug-2016)

Related Sources:
1. http://www.thedailyvox.co.za/stopracismatpretoriagirlshigh-just-one-example-frustration-black-learners-high-school/
2. https://www.thedailyvox.co.za//att-with-amira-patel-young-girl-change-school-three-times-hair/

3. http://www.thedailyvox.co.za/panyaza-lesufi-education-mec-probe-high-school-following-girls-outcry/
4. http://mg.co.za/article/2016-08-30-hair-white-assimilation-and-the-girls-who-are-rejecting-it/
5. http://mg.co.za/article/2016-08-29-pretoria-girls-high-school-pupil-i-was-instructed-to-fix-myself-as-if-i-was-broken/
6. http://www.thenewage.co.za/leaufi-to-probe-raciam.allegation/

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Remember Homo Naledi Species

On the 10th of September 2015, Homo Naledi was unveiled to the world after being discovered three years ago in the cradle of humankind. Homo Naledi which means a star in Sesotho, is a brand new species of hominid, ancestor and additional relative to the human family tree which had a unique combination of primitive(ape-like) and human features.

The Homo Naledi species were discovered three years ago at the Rising star cave in a chamber caleed Dinaledi at the cradle of humankind near Sterkfontein, Swartkrans and Mulderdrift, Gauteng. On the 10th of November, a group of 60 global scientists working together as a team went to the cave and six went in to search for the fossils.

The scientists found 1500 separate bones and bone fragments belonging to at least 15 separate individuals aged from babies to the elderly in an expedition that was led by  Wits University and National Geographic. The research and scientists were led by the legendary Paleontologist and research professor in Human Evolution and the public understanding of science at the University of the Witwatersrand, Lee Berger.

The Homo Naledi species were small and thin animals that walked on two long legs like humans. They had human like size-seven feet, ape like rounded shoulders tiny head and their small brains were the size of an orange, small teeth, hands were human-like but the fingers were more curved, taller than Australopithecus ( an extinct hominid species found in Southern Africa) and stood about 1.5m high.

It was reported that long time ago a group of our ancestors made their way into a dark cave carrying their dead with the aim of burying them and that Homo Naledi was brought into the cave by relatives. A study proved that it was the first time in the history that the scientists encountered a separate species from humans who buried their dead.

Professor Lee Berger and his team were unable to date the age of the fossil because of the structure of the cave and the absence of animal fossils at the cave, but they have estimated that they could be anything between 2.5 million and 2.8 million years old and just a few hundred thousand years. However, the unknown age of Homo Naledi and burial theory has brought controversy amongst politicians and other scientists (both national and international).

The Controversy Behind Homo Naledi Discovery

Paleoanthropologist, Chris Stringer of the National History Museum in London said ” what the age of the fossils needed to be ascertained is to establish where exactly they fitted in human evolution “.

If the age of Homo Naledi was unknown then  why was the discovery of the fossil announced instead of the scientists waiting until they were certain about the actual age and the gender as well since it was also not mentioned? What this discovery as a whole could have caused was for people around the globe to question the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence at the University of the Witwatersrand as to why would they let the scientists to announce the discovery especially in public through the media  when the other information is missing. However, the lead researchers supported their statements as to why the age of the fossils was not unknown. ” we have no way of knowing how old Homo Naledi is, there is no rock overlying them, no rock under them, and no datable sediment around them” said Anthropology professor John Hawks, one of the excavation’s lead researchers. Professor Lee Burger added when asked why the fossils were not dated, ” we didn’t feel it was ethical to destroy hominim material until it had been described, and dating the specimen would mean the destruction of the materia l”.

The Continuous Controversy

The other controversy that was highlighted was of the burial theory of Homo Naledi and the scientists relating the fossils to humans yet they are not human. In terms of evolution, one can say that they were still in a process of evolving from primates to humans. According to some politicians, there was no process of evolution because they believed that it was just a theory…science. ANC chief whip and politician Dr. Mathole Motshekga was also concerned about the discovery and claimed that the outcomes of Homo Naledi was a crude attempt to relate the ancestry of black people to baboons. He said, ” for me this research is very suspect because it seems to be seeking to justify the rcial ideology which says that African people descended from baboons “.

Rewriting History
However, with all being said with regards to the discovery the scientists came up with one conclusion in terms of evolution that Homo Naledi was brought into the cave by relatives, deliberately placed there over time and buried their dead which is an action done by humans. President Jacob Zuma and deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said with pride during the special briefing of the discovery at Maropeng visitor center in Krugersdorp, Johannesburg, Gauteng that they would be rewriting history and Homo Naledi would capture the imagination of people around the world and that fossils would inspire poets and writers to re-look the African story that South Africa is truly the cradle of humankind.

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1. Watson A. 2015. The citizen.
2. Serrao A, Mkize V. 2015. Pretoria News.
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Journalism is education

All books around the world, be they are science or mathematical related they were written by journalists. The bible was also written by journalists (theologists) even though it might not be put across that way. You don’t wake up one morning and boom, you are a writer! Even if you are English you still need education for it.

It is not all about writing, but Journalism teaches one to use critical thinking, to be ethical, to follow the law that governs journalists which is very important, and to have a general knowledge of everything including information that is not related to journalism. It is a versatile qualification because you can work everywhere you wish to within different departments doing different roles. Aspects such as communication sciences within journalism teaches one to communicate effectively with different people from different cultures without misunderstanding one another, it also teaches one to understand cultures of different organisations or rather institutions.

It is not a newly established course but it has been around in the early 1920s. It is not a talent but a profession that needs to be studied and mastered. It is valid in government and international recognised higher education institutions which makes it as important as Bachelor of laws or Medicine. If it’s a waste of money and time then it would have not been recognised worldwide.

Not having a license or unregulated of it doesn’t mean it is not matter of significance because journalists are the watchdogs of the society in all aspects. It might not be Information technology or computer sciences but it teaches one to be clever electronically and technology wise.

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Blind eye turned on Blessers

Blessing is a trend which has seen young girls giving themselves to older men in exchange of money and gifts. This has led to young girls falling prey to rich older men who promise them exotic holidays and expensive clothes. Young women from poor backgrounds are more variable to falling into blessers trap because they are offered a lifestyle they only dream of. The most common group to find themselves victims to blessers are students who envy fancy lifestyle they see in the movies.

The trend gained momentum after the media sparked the trend after there were allegations that some public figures were blessers. Society and the media only focus on what these blessers are doing to ‘blessees’ with their money and how these young women are blessed. What about what the blessers are doing to their communities and families? Are they really doing something good to their communities and families?

Well, some are but only trying to fool people thinking they don’t notice what they are doing with these young women behind closed doors. Blessers are destroying these women’s lives because they control them as they are their ATMs. They abuse them physically, emotionally, and sexually (statutory rape). Some don’t even want to use protection for sex which is even more dangerous. Some young women’s lives are at risk as these blessers often threaten to kill the young women if they decide to exit the relationship.

No one is forcing young women to fall in the arms of blessers except for poverty, but this blessers are overusing their financial power to provoke the women to be with them. Some blessers promise these young women that they will leave their wives and children and marry them. They promise the world to these young women while showing them the world with evidence, the money. These women are put into pressure because of how they actually live at home. They know that going to school will also change their lives, but these blessers are a short cut. At varsity there’s a lot of competition in terms of branded clothes and other material things amongst students, blessers persuade young women strongly to be with them so they can fit and they fall for it.

Since the issue of blessers and blesees surfaced, shades are being thrown to blessees by the society and the media. They see them as prostitutes who are using sex in exchange of money and finer material things which according to some people, it has been regarded as prostitution. If it is prostitution then who is the society to be judging them hence prostitution has been legalized. If what they are doing is wrong then who are the people to be reminding them of that, hence they are no longer minors?

Some of this young women are dating blessers to live a luxurious life, to pay their bills, to pay their fees, provide for their families, and to appear independent successful young women to strangers.
Blessers mostly target young women from poor families so they can easily control them. To some people, blessers are doing a good job because they claim they are helping them financially. Why is it that nothing is done about this blessers? What they are doing is wrong let alone illegal in most cases but still nothing is done and all they get are praises.

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