Cross-generational sex must be nipped in bud

Although it is an age old practice that finds a parallel in all the world's cultures, sex-perts are now saying that this practice could spell the end of humanity as we know it; well, for Africa at least.

Their contention is that with the highest risk HIV/AIDS group (35-45) engaging in sexual intercourse with the age group with the least prevalence (15-21), containing the disease in Africa is far from near. Based on the literature reviewed for this article, it would seem that having sex with older partners is the norm for adolescent girls the world over. But while this trend is not exclusively an African phenomenon, three main factors suggest why it is quickly becoming so.