I've finally found out what the Big Brother controversy was all about. One of the house mates, Richard lay between two women, one who he claimed he was in love with and who he slept with (Taitana) and the other Ofunneka, the Nigerian housemate. He put his fingers between her legs and did you know what.... Disgusting and shameless I must say.
The issue is whether it was consensual or not. First of all she was drunk so it's difficult to say if she consented. I did a quick search on google and this is what I came up with:
A story from the Daily Mail on a British judge says it's not always rape if a woman is drunk. (UK)
About.com gives teen boys advice and concludes that if a woman is drunk, the man is liable for rape. (US)
A woman who was raped while drunk also gives her opinion. (US)
My conclusion is that if you are drunk, you are not in a position to control your actions. Even if she was aware, alcohol causes you to stop functioning like a normal human being. I read some stories which posited that because she was moving, didn't resist and in fact appeared to edge him on shows that it was consensual. This is absolute nonsense. I believe she was raped if we take rape to mean non-consensual sexual conduct.
She did wrong by consuming alcohol and getting drunk. But that does not give Richard the right to do what he did to her. I doubt that Ofunneka saw the video immediately. She must have seen it by now. My feeling is that Multichoice must have settled her to prevent her from suing. Whatever happens, she won't be able to live this down. All of this brouhaha further confirms my view that Big Brother is immoral and should be put up there with other such shows on DSTV. They should be shown a
fter 11pm with proper parental controls. My 12 year old nephew comes to stay with us sometimes and sleeps in the sitting room. I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and find the TV on. I shudder at what DSTv could have exposed him to.And forget using DSTV's parental controls. For a while Girls of the Playboy mansion (a show about a dirty 80 year old purveyor of smut and his three blonde stupid girlfriends) was rated as Family. After I sent a complaint to DSTV, they changed it to 18 the following day. So if you try to block shows rated 18 and above, incorrectly rated shows will slip through the cracks. I think I will send another email to Multichoice on that.
fter 11pm with proper parental controls. My 12 year old nephew comes to stay with us sometimes and sleeps in the sitting room. I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and find the TV on. I shudder at what DSTv could have exposed him to.And forget using DSTV's parental controls. For a while Girls of the Playboy mansion (a show about a dirty 80 year old purveyor of smut and his three blonde stupid girlfriends) was rated as Family. After I sent a complaint to DSTV, they changed it to 18 the following day. So if you try to block shows rated 18 and above, incorrectly rated shows will slip through the cracks. I think I will send another email to Multichoice on that.Multichoice has apologised to Nigerians but honestly, they need to realise that they have a moral obligation as a media company to understand our values and protect the sanctity of African culture. That globalisation is increasing doesn't mean we should embrace negative aspects of Western culture.
Anyway, the shocking video is on Youtube. I have seen the video and must say I was disgusted. It's what Yoruba people will call iwokuwo. I'm not going to post a link to it because I'm not a pornography distributor.
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