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Young women have been counselled by public figure, Nana Aba Anamoah not to give in to men’s demands for sexual affairs in exchange for employment or other career advancements.
During her speech on 3Music TV, she emphasized that these compromises not only cause women to be exploited or taken advantage of but also damage their dignity and self-respect.
“It’s just that some men think that is how they can exhibit power…If you are a young girl and you are caught up in that situation, I’ll say to you, do not have sex with a man,” the broadcast journalist said.
“One girl told me if ‘I have sex with a man it’s not written on my forehead, nobody will know’. Yes, but it is your dignity. If you want to have sex with a man, have sex with a man but not because there is an opportunity at stake, that is your self-esteem gone,” she added.
She firmly feels that any woman in such a position should not risk it, even though she has never had a male give her such an ultimatum at work.
She further mentioned that, contrary to popular belief, the young women in these circumstances cannot be held responsible.
Addressing the tendency to blame young women for these predicaments, she said “It is not their fault…if you say watch ‘how you carry yourself’ then you are apportioning some blame to the young women. There is an insane man who thinks that ‘this girl, even though she is competent, I must get into her pants before she gets the job.’ So it is not the young woman’s fault,” she said.
Nana Aba Anamoah believes it is completely fine if women decide to have mutual sex however, they should never do it because there is an opportunity at stake.
“Of course, you will be confronted with so many challenges that at that point you need the job and the money…However I want to tell every young woman that exchanging sex for a job is not the way to go,” she said.
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