Some Parents Are The Prime Cause Of Sexual Violence In Ghana – Mr. Collins Bonsu
A counselor, and life coach, Mr. Collins Bonsu, has blamed the negligence of some parents as one major cause of the heightened rate of rape and defilement in Ghana.
According to him, “Ghanaian parents don’t have time for their kids at all.” They allow them to go to places without their consent or guidance, play with just anyone, and don’t even care. This, however, leaves the children vulnerable, thereby ending up in such situations.
Mr. Collins Bonsu addressed this in an Interview with Focus FM’s Nana Ama Dwomoh Nuakoh on the Teknokrat show on Thursday, December 16, 2021. He suggested that some safeguards be put in place to protect youngsters from defilement and rape.
“As a Christian counselor, I will advise that our Sunday schools design programmes on practical issues, like how children can apply scripture” to avoid some of these situations, he added.
Answering the question of “why some rape victims keep quiet about it”, he said some of these cases are kept quiet by families to avoid public shame.
He did say, however, that rape cases should not be addressed at home because they involve the victim’s life and future. “They must be reported to the police for the law to take its course.”
Counselor Bonsu suggested comprehensive proper education, parental guidance, proper sex education, and discipline, as some ways to reduce the heightened rate of rape and defilement in Ghana.
Adding up to the ways sexual violence can be reduced, Mr. Bonsu stated that proper counselling must start from home, and church, even before the girl enters a level of higher learning -Charity begins at home- or else she will ‘learn’ wrongly from friends.
He however expressed his abhorrence over the indecency of some ladies in this generation. He said that although it’s an unlucky situation for one to find themselves in, sometimes, the ladies should be blamed for it. “They dress indecently to offices and some places and that calls for this unlucky situation.”
Nonetheless, “Sexual acts are becoming too common these days. Our ladies should be advised not to go to places alone, and they shouldn’t trust men too easily. These young ladies shouldn’t assume that this man will never hurt me.”
Moving on, He advised that victims open up to counsellors, and the police to be helped, buttressing that if ladies dressed more appropriately and decently, this menace could be reduced.
He also encouraged men to work on their mindsets. “They should fine-tune their minds to not find themselves in such situations.”
