Martin Namarong: Weekend Courier 16 April 2011
When I arrived in Port Moresby
with the word “koap”. People were trying to shield children
from Dr Clement Malau’s prevention advertisements on TV.
This was the beginning of the sexual revolution in this country.
Comment: Australians in the 1980s were shocked by Grim
Reaper advertisements. Koap advertisements created disgust
in PNG.
Parents would turn volume down on the TV or have children
cover their ears with a pillow. Successful? Of course not.
These Australian advisors were cultural yobbos. Use of
koap was equivalent to an advertisement in Australia that
said "If you want to f......., use a condom." People wanted
them to use "slip wantaim" which meant to "sleep with" but
the yobbos refused. They knew best.
Australian advisors insisted on using Tok Pisin word "koap"
for intercourse which derives from the English slang "go up".
It was regarded by the PNG community as obscene but the
gay and lesbian AusAID advisors refused to change.
Comment: Australians in the 1980s were shocked by Grim
Reaper advertisements. Koap advertisements created disgust
in PNG.
Parents would turn volume down on the TV or have children
cover their ears with a pillow. Successful? Of course not.
These Australian advisors were cultural yobbos. Use of
koap was equivalent to an advertisement in Australia that
said "If you want to f......., use a condom." People wanted
them to use "slip wantaim" which meant to "sleep with" but
the yobbos refused. They knew best.
Australian advisors insisted on using Tok Pisin word "koap"
for intercourse which derives from the English slang "go up".
It was regarded by the PNG community as obscene but the
gay and lesbian AusAID advisors refused to change.
The children being shielded from condom adverts and the word
“koap” are now in mid to late teens, sexually active, promiscuous
and addicted to mobile porn.
The advent of the mobile phone has made the solicitation of casual
sex easier. Numbers are passed from friend to friend or friend of a
friend to friend of a friend.
Despite gender inequalities in society, at least on issues of negotiating
sex, I believe there is equilibrium in the younger generation. Girls just
wanna have fun and so do the boys.
This generation of 14 to 18 year olds, I call the M generation after Dr
Malau. He may have generated the sexual revolution that Generation
M is experiencing.
Generation M is responsible for the introduction of the concept of Son
into the mainstream youth culture. He is a member of a peer group who
lacks seniority. This evolved out of the so-called school cult system. You
have a senior father figure and the rest are his Sons.
into the mainstream youth culture. He is a member of a peer group who
lacks seniority. This evolved out of the so-called school cult system. You
have a senior father figure and the rest are his Sons.
The in-crowd are those involved so-called school cult and the spray paint
practices. These are the guys and girls idolized by their peers.
In a country where the young have very little say over decisions made at
home, in schools, the community and sub-national levels Gen M have
created new power structures.
They do not control family finances, businesses or government agencies,
but they can do whatever they like with their bodies. This is expressed
in consumption of drugs, alcohol and sex.
The spokesman for the group negotiates with girls willing to participate
in alcohol fuelled orgies. Herein lies the powder keg that may destroy
gains made in HIV prevention.
Much sex that takes place at the Sindaun (secret cult meeting place) is
risky, unprotected, heterosexual and anal. These sub-cultures are an
excuse to get drunk and get laid.
In a closed society where there are few entertainment options for the
young, rather than going home and having boring weekends, students
get drunk and entertain themselves.
They have technology to communicate with mobile phones and organize
themselves to fulfill their hormonal urges. Desire to have sex is amplified
by the viewing of mobile phone sex.
I believe what needs to be done is minimize risk of unwanted pregnancy
and HIV by not indiscriminately supplying condoms to Gen M. Only the
peer pressure from within Gen M can put an end to these practices.
peer pressure from within Gen M can put an end to these practices.
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COMMENT: AIDS Holistics suggests the Australian advisors made a
destructive and evil mistake by promoting condoms by the thousands as
the opening to AIDS awareness in 2002. Condoms were distributed like
lollies. They ignored the view of the national churches.
People wrote letters to the editor saying that distributing condoms was
promoting promiscuity but were treated like village idiots. Their view
was correct as we are finding out.
The advisors judge the success of the campaign on the rise in condom
use. But that may mean that more boys and girls joining the sex race.
A so-called drop in infection may well be the result of a family focus.
People wrote letters to the editor saying that distributing condoms was
promoting promiscuity but were treated like village idiots. Their view
was correct as we are finding out.
The advisors judge the success of the campaign on the rise in condom
use. But that may mean that more boys and girls joining the sex race.
A so-called drop in infection may well be the result of a family focus.
They made young children aware of sex far too early and given the idea
that promiscuous sex was acceptable regardless of the values of family
and church.
Promiscuous sex has been the result among teenagers. They have been
focused towards nightclubs and cult groups. Makoma helped to do that.
But it was not a mistake. Destruction of family was a deliberate agenda
item for expatriates working for AusAID and UN. Racist gay and lesbian
Australians thought that the way to break up families was to give a packet
of condoms to every man, woman and child. The big trick was to make a
mess and then be employed forever to clean up the mess.
mess and then be employed forever to clean up the mess.
Martin Namaron neglected one key area that is personal development
programs now part of school curricula from primary to high school.
Niuspepa ripot i tok olsem nupela taim i kamap long PNG long
2001 taim AIDS prevention i stat wantaim nius long kondom. Em
i no asua bilong Malau olgeta.
Em asua bilong ol AusAID advaisa i putim hevi long National AIDS
Kaunsil. Ol i tok olsem i gat wanpela we tasol long stapim sik HIV.
Yumi mas tokaut long yusim kondom.Maski toktok long famili.
Ol sios i no laik tasol ol AusAID advaisa i abrusim tok bilong ol sios
na plen olsem ol sios bai i no kisim mani sapos ol i tokaut egens long
yusim ol kondom.
Ripota antap i tok klia olsem program bilong dilim ol kondom em
draipela asua. Em i statim planti yangpela man na meri long tingting
long wokim sex. Ol i joinim ol lain i wokim sex na dringim homebrew
na pulim simok wantaim marijuana.
Long dispela taim AIDS Holistics i wok long strongim tingting long
family na Positive Living. Tasol ol AusAID gay na lesbian advaisa i
wok long daunim mipela. Tasol ol i no inap.
Pikinini meri bilong mi i tok olsem em i save long wan wan skul
pikinini tasol long St Peters
Martin Namaron i tok.
Martin Namaron i tok.
THE TIDE HAS TURNED TOWARDS FAMILY.
Let us support the family focus of the churches and the schools. It is not
too late to mend damage caused by condoms and opposition to family.
Let us take ownership of the PNG HIV/AIDS response.
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