RAPE; WHO TO BLAME

With the frequent cases of rapes in the society of today mostly emanating from our higher institutions of learning, one would be forced to enquire into the cause of this quagmire. Who actually is to be blamed for the abnormality, the innocent lady exhibiting all her civic right that includes freedom of what to wear with respect to dressing or the male man out there who is forced to respond to stimuli because of lack of self-control? Many a times we are made to understand that there are actually two sides to every life situation but it’s crucial to note that one of those two sides is always negative. It therefore means that we must be diligent enough to address every issue from all perspective if we must proffer a feasible solution.
Rape literally is the act of forcing sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon another person against their will. What this means is that, any sexual activity that is not originated out of a consensus between the two parties involved is termed a rape case and its punishable by law depending on the State or country in question. What then is the cause of rape?
From observations and enquiries I have being able to deduce that one of the major causes of rape especially amongst the unmarried people is the common indecent dressing by the ladies. It has become a habit for young girls to put on dresses that exposes sensitive parts of their body or dresses that are too tight in the public. This they do without being conscious of the fact that they are incubating a sexual desire in the minds of the opposite sex. Considering the fact that this boys or men as the case may be may not be able to quench this desire in them at that instance through a consensus, they are forced to create an alternative which is rape.
Secondly its being discovered that the drive for Retaliation or pay back by some one time relationship that may have ended in an unpleasant way could be a reason for rape. For instance a guy who may have been in a relationship with a lady for over three years and have never had any sexual intercourse with that lady suddenly gets dumped by the lady for another guy for no just cause. In such a case maturity is required to overcome the bitterness that has being aroused in such a man and if the maturity is not there such a man may resort to any way of revenge amongst which rape is not far-fetched.
Another salient factor behind rape cases is the Lack of self-control by so many people in this our days. “So many people” and not just the male man this time because events have proved to us that there are rape cases orchestrated by ladies also, though not very rampant. All the reasons we earlier outlined will never feature if people were up to date with the issue of self-control. Your ability to bring your emotion under your control is one of the symptoms of true maturity and that seems to be lacking in this generation so it makes me worry less when people look for reasons behind rape. Self-control is salient and a deficiency in it could be a mother of evil.
Finally we can also talk of Sexual deprivation by couples as a reason behind marital rape. This we will not expanciate as this paper is restricted to the border of the youths. That notwithstanding we have heard of cases where the husband had to forcefully have sex with the wife reasons best known to them. Perhaps he may have a genuine reason for enforcing sex on his wife but it does not still negate the fact that it’s a rape case.
The causes mentioned above are few out of the numerous reasons behind rape cases but it’s paramount to note that no reason whatsoever is equitable enough to make a wrong right. Yes there are legislations and  sentences against rapist by different nations of the world which is good but we must go back to the root and make people see the disaster and harm that rape has caused in time past, causing presently and will cause in future if it’s not well dealt with now. Shifting blames as to who or what causes a problem can only help magnify the problem for better evaluation but does not in any way solve the problem. It’s time we all rise to our feets say no to rape because I am tired of countless abortions, bastards and Disease cases resulting from rapes. You have a part to play in change find it now.

TECHNOLOGY AN ENEMY OF LABOUR(Nigeria as a case study)

Without any atom of doubt we can considerably say that the speed of technological evolution in the world of today has been very spontaneous which originally shouldn’t be a problem. But the rate of its acceptance by so many nations of the world may eventually end up in incapacitating the labour sector of these countries which is an indicator of danger.
Labour as we know is the most perishable factor of production in that its service has got a time space (18 years to 65 years). It’s also the longest to generate when it comes to time of creation. The time it will take to produce sixty same types of machines is far lesser than the time it will take to build up a single labour for effective service. That notwithstanding labour is the most important factor of production at such any activity that will terminate the need of labour should be well evaluated before its being accepted. And this evaluation should involve a critical analysis of the nature of the country in question, i.e. if the country has a larger labour resources compared to its capital resources or a larger capital resources compared to its labour resources. Bear in mind that we shall be streamlining our factors of production to just labour and capital.
Considering our case country Nigeria, it’s glaring that Nigeria’s labour resources it’s far more than its capital resources which is certainly one of the reasons backing up the increasing unemployment level in the country. Taking this situation to mind one will think Nigeria to be one of the labour intensive advocating countries but the reverse is obviously the case as technology is fast gaining ground at the expense of the increasing labour supply of the country. Nigeria for one is one of the many countries whose citizens go against the laws of the land to mass produce labour (i.e. giving birth to more than four children) and the so many higher institutions in the republic are not failing in their duties to graduate thousands of labour in to the fast growing capital intensive society. Perhaps that could be one of the reasons behind the misbehaviours of citizens who literally ought to have shunned such behaviours. I will not mention such misbehaviours but they are visible. Banks and firms are all becoming “RobotBanks” and “Robotfirms” perhaps the security sphere of the economy may soon venture into this new found advancement soon which is if they have not already started. Going by modernisation and development I will personally applaud this sectors of the economy but I want to ask a question which is “where and what do they want the labour that have been working with them all this while and the thousands of the newly coming in labour to be doing or better put what is the fate of labour?” Because I know that these sectors are well out to maximise profit and it’s obvious that the machines are faster ways of actaulising this motive so you can guess which alternative this sectors will settle with between labour and robot machines.
Profit making is extremely paramount for any business venture that must survive and as a matter of fact I wouldn’t venture in to a business to make losses but it’s necessary and crucial to observe your location of production first before your choice of specialisation (labour intensive or capital intensive) which is where the Government comes in. No industry will choose labour over capital considering the long run effect but we know that our labour resources is ever growing so even if they face out in the long run  they will be a great reserve of available resources to readily substitute them. So I am suggesting that the government should make policies that promote more Labour intensive activities by firms and little supplementing capital (machine usage) activities if the current unemployment in the society must reduce bearing in mind that the losses in such policies are minimal with Nigeria as a case study.
Secondly if the economy must keep operating under the capital intensive nature that is fast taking over the economy then legislation should be made to reduce the number of births in the country if possible to two children per individual against the original four which is not even well practised.
Also the Government must see the need to operate under a closed economy for a while at least for a period long enough to build up the internal labour ability within the country. Importation should be limited to extremely “alternativeless” raw materials that is resources that cannot be produced in the country and has no alternatives.   
It’s high time we start checking all the advantages and disadvantages that accompany any technological innovation we choose to adopt if unemployment must ever become a story of the past in this country. Labour is what we have in abundance so let’s take our Nations absolute Advantage to mind.