“Her exact words were, ‘You’re selfish. You don’t want to share your money with a woman,’” he told Pulse.
Almost two decades after that incident, he now works in media and his view hasn’t changed. Rather he has found a community of people of like minds, in an era of hyper-sexualisation, where some young Nigerians have also fully tapped into the puriteen movement, denying themselves sex or long-term relationships.
Across the world, young people have been having less sex, refusing to get married, and embracing divorce. According to a report by the Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, titled, “Prevalence and Patterns of Marital Dissolution in Nigeria,” 30% of marriages end in divorce. Another report by the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative says that only 25% of young Nigerians are having sex.
