chapter 19: sex and chocolate

ghana is a strange place when it comes to sex and sexuality. people are embarassed to talk about it much, but they do it alot.

case in point, masturbation. i know, it sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it's not. a radio presenter at love asked me what i thought about masturbation. i said i figured everyone had done it at some point in their lives. so we asked some other people, and nobody would admit it in person. but almost everyone admitted it on the radio, having had the chance to conceal their identities.

there's also a huge variety of herbal potions to enhance sexual pleasure, often being sold by street hawkers who can't even read the labels. if they happen to be in english. i remember when tristin visited, someone tried to sell her a little bottle of 'sex juice'. it had a picture of a couple having sex. and that was really all the information to be gleaned from the bottle.

women are especially frowned upon if they admit to having had muliple sexual partners. it's gotten so bad that they've resorted to an herbal potion that changes their organ, and makes men think they're virgins. oh yeah...the potion causes cervical cancer and hiv.

it reminds me of bon jovi. "your love is like baaad medicine..." really, really bad medicine.

on a lighter, sex-related note, ghana chocolate is good. pure cocoa, very few chemicals. cadbury will never taste the same.

now that's orgasmic!