My idea on being woke resonates on the urge of constantly being aware. Honestly that is the definition most of us relate with.My curiousity did not allow me to settle on that percieved definition at first,it pushed me to utilize my search engines to get more insights on what this term woke really meant.Being curious is helpful at times,this is because the urge to explore and seek novelty helps us remain vigilant and gain knowledge.
Anyway i happened to learn the definition of Woke (/ˈwoʊk/), as a political term of African American origin, refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice.
Sexual health is a social justice issue ,certainly we are on the right track .It is evident that existing in this era comes with many contradicting lessons to be unlearnt,some theories on sexual health being among them.
There is a notion that has existed overtime about sexual health not being a discussion that needs serious attention, but am excited that in this era and time sexual health is gaining so much engagement from the society.
Is it just me who thinks women are more woke on sexual health matters compared to the men ?or rather are more interested on this topic.I get to read alot of content on sexual health and trust me i feel the men are left out on this.Programs that have been set to engage men in sexual health are few, this raises an alarm especially since i am abit gender-sensitive.
During this period i got to randomly interact with a couple of friends and shared my thoughts with them.Some got to an extent of being personal as a result of some triggering responses i was getting,(no hard feelings though).Through this i got to learn that most guys have a fixed mindset on what sexual health is ;for most of them sexual health involves sexual diseases and thats it period!!😂That is funny because In this era of advanced technology our answers seem to be one Google away and one still gets to say that?
Hey, am no sexual health expert but i’m always open to learning ,So what is Sexual Health really?According to WHO working definition Sexual health is “a state of physical,emotional,mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality,it is not merely the absence of disease ,dsyfunction or infirmity .Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and relationships ,as well as the possibility of having pleasurable safe sexual experience ,free of coercion ,discrimination and violence.”
The whole idea is to educate the men,but then not all men are less woke on this issues ,the target is to involve the men who are less knowledgable,the “brusque” men,not forgetting the less interested men on matters sexual health.The aim is to engage ,enlighten and to educate the men on sexual health .
Communication is an incentive to change and the more we encourage and drive men to openly engage in sexual health ,the easier it will be to get them onboard with wrecking the societal stigma around it.
TEACH HIM INITIATIVE. 