Society scores massive own goal

FRANCISTOWN: Although the fight against AIDS and its resultant implications is prescribing behavioural change as a must for all, certain societal norms and perceptions continue to threaten erode gains that this country has painfully laboured to attain in this seemingly unending war.

There are certain social perceptions and expectations that continue to indirectly influence people not to respond to the call for behavioural change. One of those deadly expectations and widely held beliefs is the notion that boys and girls are expected to 'play' around before they can marry.

Girlie Mangisi deposits that, "It is unfortunate that even in the midst of this pandemic, society still finds it somehow acceptable for boys and girls to be running around under the pretext that they are still learning the ropes in so far as issues of romance is concerned. Our society has in one way or the other endorsed this as one of its norms.

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