Is cross-generational sex really the big deal?
Jan 29, 2009
FREE things and money are not worth your life. Imagine a generation free from HIV/AIDS, it starts with you... Keep away from sugar daddies/mummies to avoid contracting AIDS.â€
By Arthur Baguma
FREE things and money are not worth your life. Imagine a generation free from HIV/AIDS, it starts with you... Keep away from sugar daddies/mummies to avoid contracting AIDS.â€
You probably have heard these messages on radio or read about them on a bill board. Sugar mummies and daddies have been blacklisted by moralists for abating immorality and spreading HIV/AIDS in schools.
Adverts have depicted them as people out to have sex with young girls at any cost.
The New Vision set out to find out the magnitude of this problem in universities. On the contrary, findings indicate that most sexual activity at universities involves students.
Some confessed to have had sex with more than 10 people in their age bracket. A total of 90.9% (122) out of 134 respondents said they have had multiple sex with more than four different people within their age bracket.
The respondents were asked about the number of people they have slept with within their age bracket: 67.9% (91) said they had slept with at least four people in their age bracket.
Twenty (14.8%) said they have slept with between 5 to 9 people in their age group, while 11 (8.2%) have slept with 10 or more sexual partners in their age bracket.
The New Vision distributed self-administered anonymous questionnaires to 200 students in five universities. A total of 192 students including 102 females and 90 males responded; 93.2% (179) were aged between 18-25 years.
The respondents were asked about the types of people they slept with. A total of 58 girls (43.3%) said they slept with their boyfriends, while 65 boys (48.5%) said they slept with their girlfriends.
Eleven females (8.2%)said they have ever slept with a sugar daddy, while four boys (3.0%) said they have slept with a sugar mummy. Some of the respondents constituting 11 (8.2%) admitted to having slept with strangers.
The findings show that risky sexual behaviour is rampant among students within the same age bracket. Out of 134 respondents, 83 (61.9%) said they had sex without a condom.
Most of the respondents said the unprotected sex was with their boyfriends/girlfriends. Seventy-two (82.8%) said they had unprotected sex with their boyfriends or girlfriends, while four (4.6%) said it was with a sugar mummy/daddy. Only 51 (38.0%) said they have never had un-protected sex.
Almost all the respondents said they were involved in a relationship. The respondents were asked if they were in a relationship or have ever been in one before.
A total of 164 (85.4%) respondents said they have ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend. Only 14.6% (28) said they have never had a boyfriend or girlfriend. A total of 123 (64.9%) Sixty-four said they have a boyfriend or girlfriend.
The respondents were also asked if they were virgins. Upto 134 (69.8%) said they were not virgins, while 58 (30.2%) said they were virgins.
Rose is in a relationship with a man 26 years older than her. She plans to marry him, despite protests from her family. Rose is caught in a web that society sees as abominable-cross generation sex.
Like Rose, some young students at university find relationships which involve an age difference of a generation, a normal affair, the survey established.
How old should a person be to be considered a sugar mummy or daddy? The survey shows that a sizeable number of young university students had varying views on this question.
Some said they did not consider a relationship with someone a decade or two older than them cross-generational.
Some students said being in a relationship with someone 15 years older than you does not make them a sugar daddy or mummy.
Yet others think a 10-year age difference makes them one. In fact, some respondents think unless the man is 20 years older than the girl, the sugar daddy phenomenon does not arise.
Out of 98 respondents to this question, 57 (29.7%) said a sugar daddy is someone 15 years older and more.
However of the 29.7%, 20 (10.4%) said a man 20 years older than a girl is not a sugar daddy. Yet 18 (9.4%) said a 15 years’ age difference is a sugar daddy affair.
A total of 7.3% (14) said a sugar daddy can only be some one 20 years older than the girl, while 19 (9.9%) said any girl dating someone 10 years older than them was dating a sugar daddy.
This is a similar trend with the sugar mummy phenomena. Out of 98 respondents, 19 (9.9%) said a woman 10 years older than the boy should be considered a sugar mummy; 16 (8.3%) consider 15 years older for a woman to be considered a sugar mummy.
About 8 (9.4%) said a woman should be over 20 years older than the boy to be considered a sugar mummy.
The respondents were also asked if they had a sugar daddy/mummy. They were also asked if they had slept with a sugar mummy/daddy. A total of 10.4% said they have, while 172 (89.6%) have not.
Students living with friends are more likely to have sugar daddies/mummies compared to those who stay in halls of residence, the survey reveals.
Why Students Exchange Sex for favours
A common pattern was the exchange of sex in return for favours: 17.9% (24) had exchanged sex for a favour, with the majority citing the need of money. Others said they exchanged sex for academic assistance or to get fees.
Others gave reasons such as the urge to win a bet. Universities Surveyed are Makerere:59 —30.7%; Makerere University Business School: 36 — 18.8%; Kampala International University: 17 — 8.9%; Nkumba University:38 — 19.8%; Uganda Christian University: 42 — 21.9%.
FREE things and money are not worth your life. Imagine a generation free from HIV/AIDS, it starts with you... Keep away from sugar daddies/mummies to avoid contracting AIDS.â€
You probably have heard these messages on radio or read about them on a bill board. Sugar mummies and daddies have been blacklisted by moralists for abating immorality and spreading HIV/AIDS in schools.
Adverts have depicted them as people out to have sex with young girls at any cost.
The New Vision set out to find out the magnitude of this problem in universities. On the contrary, findings indicate that most sexual activity at universities involves students.
Some confessed to have had sex with more than 10 people in their age bracket. A total of 90.9% (122) out of 134 respondents said they have had multiple sex with more than four different people within their age bracket.
The respondents were asked about the number of people they have slept with within their age bracket: 67.9% (91) said they had slept with at least four people in their age bracket.
Twenty (14.8%) said they have slept with between 5 to 9 people in their age group, while 11 (8.2%) have slept with 10 or more sexual partners in their age bracket.
The New Vision distributed self-administered anonymous questionnaires to 200 students in five universities. A total of 192 students including 102 females and 90 males responded; 93.2% (179) were aged between 18-25 years.
The respondents were asked about the types of people they slept with. A total of 58 girls (43.3%) said they slept with their boyfriends, while 65 boys (48.5%) said they slept with their girlfriends.
Eleven females (8.2%)said they have ever slept with a sugar daddy, while four boys (3.0%) said they have slept with a sugar mummy. Some of the respondents constituting 11 (8.2%) admitted to having slept with strangers.
The findings show that risky sexual behaviour is rampant among students within the same age bracket. Out of 134 respondents, 83 (61.9%) said they had sex without a condom.
Most of the respondents said the unprotected sex was with their boyfriends/girlfriends. Seventy-two (82.8%) said they had unprotected sex with their boyfriends or girlfriends, while four (4.6%) said it was with a sugar mummy/daddy. Only 51 (38.0%) said they have never had un-protected sex.
Almost all the respondents said they were involved in a relationship. The respondents were asked if they were in a relationship or have ever been in one before.
A total of 164 (85.4%) respondents said they have ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend. Only 14.6% (28) said they have never had a boyfriend or girlfriend. A total of 123 (64.9%) Sixty-four said they have a boyfriend or girlfriend.
The respondents were also asked if they were virgins. Upto 134 (69.8%) said they were not virgins, while 58 (30.2%) said they were virgins.
Rose is in a relationship with a man 26 years older than her. She plans to marry him, despite protests from her family. Rose is caught in a web that society sees as abominable-cross generation sex.
Like Rose, some young students at university find relationships which involve an age difference of a generation, a normal affair, the survey established.
How old should a person be to be considered a sugar mummy or daddy? The survey shows that a sizeable number of young university students had varying views on this question.
Some said they did not consider a relationship with someone a decade or two older than them cross-generational.
Some students said being in a relationship with someone 15 years older than you does not make them a sugar daddy or mummy.
Yet others think a 10-year age difference makes them one. In fact, some respondents think unless the man is 20 years older than the girl, the sugar daddy phenomenon does not arise.
Out of 98 respondents to this question, 57 (29.7%) said a sugar daddy is someone 15 years older and more.
However of the 29.7%, 20 (10.4%) said a man 20 years older than a girl is not a sugar daddy. Yet 18 (9.4%) said a 15 years’ age difference is a sugar daddy affair.
A total of 7.3% (14) said a sugar daddy can only be some one 20 years older than the girl, while 19 (9.9%) said any girl dating someone 10 years older than them was dating a sugar daddy.
This is a similar trend with the sugar mummy phenomena. Out of 98 respondents, 19 (9.9%) said a woman 10 years older than the boy should be considered a sugar mummy; 16 (8.3%) consider 15 years older for a woman to be considered a sugar mummy.
About 8 (9.4%) said a woman should be over 20 years older than the boy to be considered a sugar mummy.
The respondents were also asked if they had a sugar daddy/mummy. They were also asked if they had slept with a sugar mummy/daddy. A total of 10.4% said they have, while 172 (89.6%) have not.
Students living with friends are more likely to have sugar daddies/mummies compared to those who stay in halls of residence, the survey reveals.
Why Students Exchange Sex for favours
A common pattern was the exchange of sex in return for favours: 17.9% (24) had exchanged sex for a favour, with the majority citing the need of money. Others said they exchanged sex for academic assistance or to get fees.
Others gave reasons such as the urge to win a bet. Universities Surveyed are Makerere:59 —30.7%; Makerere University Business School: 36 — 18.8%; Kampala International University: 17 — 8.9%; Nkumba University:38 — 19.8%; Uganda Christian University: 42 — 21.9%.