In this epoch of cthulhucene, it is important that mankind remains what its species is meant to be, so that coexisting with non-human forms will not degenerate to a reckless ecological risk.
It is no gainsaying that the current generation regarded as the Youth living in Nigeria, walk around with damaged personalities.
Exam malpractice is on the rise in most educational institutions, perpetrated by the youth (with other enablers though).
From miracle centers to willingly giving sex, or engaging in other forms of inducements to excel in examinations, to buying of examination questions and also, different types of forgery, this generation has also leveraged technological advancement to attain heights of greatness, and also immense plethora of criminal and unethical feats.
Socially, they have nothing to offer.
Their contracted marriages and love relationships are mostly disasters. For them, their material gratification comes before any emotional entanglement.
No researcher deems it fit to look into these astonishing areas of inhumanity to establish the remote causes of this disparity in generational attitudes.
Most children brought to cities as nannies and domestic helps bear the brunt of frustrations of these young personalities. They are tortured and their skins get scalded or actually broken with hard objects every hour. Some human rights activist emerges to question this and get the attention of the law enforcement agency. That is mostly where this ends.
We know what these enforcement agencies are capable of doing with the sight of incentives.
Recently, a young male on Facebook simply known as Spirit Husband lamented of his harrowing experience with a young female whom he dated, and genuinely loved. He narrated how he was financially extorted and emotionally abused with evidences.
The young woman is yet to put out any denials, yet this young male victim was lashed out for almost one week. For daring to feel hurt, that is.
The response from his generation was completely sadistic. His cry for help was merely met with tonnes of name-calling. While the males called him a simp, the females taunted him and affirmed he deserved to be treated that way.
No empathy, no consideration, or constructive analysis of the situation.
Yet this social reality is not something that deserves research attention?
This young generation feel entitled to people's emotions, finances and other resources. It is its belief that these are all its privilege and for the taking.
The new breed of men that are gradually garnering publicity and voice on social media, have not helped matters either. Should we call them the 'pipe and swipe' generation, or the 'alfamales'? Whatever we choose to call them, it is what it is.
However, these new breed of men would not be the subject of immediate discourse, but that too should be looked into, through academic indagation.
Toxicity has taken over the empathetic gestures that characterized two generations behind.
It is time to wake up from our slumbering and quit believing it is okay for young women to jubilate over the emotional manipulation of a young man by a woman.
If a young man decides that a woman should be undeserving of an emotional commitment on account of her body count, while with a large trail of body count, he is desirable, there is something awkward going on in the society we live in now.
Most of all, where has humanity gone to? It is an area that researchers must throw their searchlights on, before humans in this clime are overtaken by savagery.
Ifedimma Onwugbufor is an author, trained teacher, screenwriter, social critic, ghostwriter, and technical communicator.
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