Earning a living through live sex shows is immoral

By Jessie Mugambi

A revelation by The Nairobian on (August 30-September 5) issue on how teenage girls earn a living through live sex shows in Kibera in Nairobi left me in shock and disbelief.

Let’s not look at the story from a moral perspective alone, but also from a human rights abuse lens.

  A few months ago a group of University students were busted in a sex drama with a dog in Mombasa. These acts are a serious abuse of human dignity and are against the Constitution – Article 19 (2) and in The Bill of rights in Article 28 and in the preamble of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Most of the girls participating in these live sex shows are either school dropouts or young girls with babies.

 Many of these girls have unprotected sex. This raises the concern of sexual reproductive health rights as provided for in Article 43 on economic and social rights.

Absence of youth friendly facilities where young people can access information and services on contraception and birth control methods has not helped the situation. Shockingly, the men taking part in the sex shows decide whether to wear a condom or not.

 How on earth can somebody decide to have unprotected sex with somebody without her consent? This is a heinous sexual offense.

 All human rights should be realised in our progressive Constitution to make sure human dignity is protected, economic and social rights realised and young people are given adequate support to enhance positive personal growth.