Ngokwe-Ipsos MORI yango-2008 iningi lezwe likholelwa ukuthi sibhekene nenkinga yokukhulelwa kwentsha. Abahlaziyi abaningi emithonjeni yezindaba evamile bathi lokhu kuwuphawu lokwehla kwezindinganiso zokuziphatha, ukuwohloka komphakathi kanye nokwehluleka kwemfundo yobulili.
Nokho, njengabahleli be-Teenage Parenthood: Iyini Inkinga? phawula, kunenkinga eyodwa nje encane ngale nkolelo ephethwe kabanzi - "ubufakazi abuyisekeli."
Okokuqala kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi ukuzalwa kwentsha kuphansi kakhulu namuhla kunangeminyaka yawo-1960 kanye nawo-1970. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, izahluko eziyisikhombisa zocwaningo lokuqala, oluyinhloko olwenziwa inqwaba yezifundiswa ziphonsela inselele umbono wokuthi umzali osemusha ungaba okuhlangenwe nakho okungekuhle kuphela kubazali, ezinganeni nasemphakathini. Kunalokho ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi ukukhulelwa kwentsha ngokuvamile kuthuthukisa ukuphila kwentsha, omama abasebasha ngokuvamile bechaza ukuba ngumama njengokubenza “bazizwe benamandla, benekhono, bexhumene kakhudlwana, futhi benomthwalo wemfanelo kakhudlwana.”
Lolu cwaningo luphinde lugqamise ukuthi iminyaka ukukhulelwa ivela ngayo ayinawo umthelela omncane ekuqashweni nasekungeneni esikhathini esizayo empilweni yakamuva. “Ububi obuhlobene nokuba ngumama osemusha bubangelwa isimo sikamama sezomnotho nezenhlalo, hhayi iminyaka yakhe,” kuphawula esinye isifundiswa. “Ukuba ngumama kwentsha kuwuphawu lwenkambo yokuphila encishwe amathuba ngempela kunokuba kuyimbangela yako”, kuchaza abahleli. Esikhundleni se-stock tabloid hobgoblin yabantu abangenalwazi, abangenangqondo, abahlomulayo abanamahloni okusebenza, izinsizwa nezintombi okukhulunywe nazo zivame ukulangazelela ukusebenza noma ukuqhubeka nokufunda, okubonisa ukuqaphela okujulile kokucatshangelwa okwenziwa umphakathi kabanzi mayelana nabazali abasebasha.
Pho kungani umphakathi wenze iphutha kangaka? Esethulweni abahleli baqokomisa indima yabezindaba, bephawula ukuthi “kukhona ukuthathwa kwamacala ayingozi kakhulu nangavamile njengabameleli” abese esetshenziswa “njengendlela yokuqonda indaba ebanzi yezenhlalo yokuba umzali wentsha.”
Ibhalwe izifundiswa zezinye izifundiswa nabakhi benqubomgomo, Ubuzali Bentsha: Iyini Inkinga? ibhalwe ngolimi olomile, noluhlukanisiwe, olungakwenzi kube ukufunda okuhlaba umxhwele kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, kulabo abafisa ukuthola ukuqonda okujulile kwalokhu kuthatheka kwabezindaba okuqhubekayo futhi babe nemibono yabo yangaphambilini ekhanda labo, le ncwadi iyindawo yokuqala ebalulekile.
Ubuzali Bentsha: Iyini Inkinga? ishicilelwe yiThe Tufnell Press, inenani elingu-£12.95.
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