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The Explorer: Journal of Social Sciences

ISSN: 2411-0132, Vol-1, Issue (2): 54-57


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MAL-ADAPTATION OF ICT IN RAISING THE SEXUAL SENSITIZATION


Chaudhry Shahid Mehmood1, Sunia Aslam2, Mahwish Zeeshan3
1

Department of Anthropology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi,2 Department of Anthropology,


PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, 3Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, PMAS Arid Agriculture
University Rawalpindi
Corresponding Author:
Chaudhry Shahid Mehmood
PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
smchaudhry13@gmail.com
Abstract: ICT has revolutionized the mode of data transfer and storage in the modern world and has simultaneously given
rise to many evils. The paper is an attempt to reveal the ways through which people misuse ICT. The study, qualitative in
nature, focuses on the difference between gender sensitization and sexual sensitization and the affect of ICT on early
adolescence in young males and females. The data was gathered from 68 respondents of collectively from Post Graduate
College for Women, and PMAS-AAUR University with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire. The Chi-Square analyses
affirm the associational relation between misuse of ICT for overt entertainment; use of ICT for sexually explicit material and
increased sexual sensitization among youngsters. Hence, ICT misuse which has increased dramatically over the past few
years negatively affects the adolescents. Moreover the results reveal that since access to internet has been made easy,
indoor activities and pastimes are preferred which are often unsupervised and mostly social inappropriate.

Key Words: Gender, ICT, Sex, Sexual sensitization, Sexual Interest


INTRODUCTION
ICT means manufacture, storage, replace and
manipulation of digital and electronic information
(Mambi 2010). Some examples of digital technology
that help folks and businesses use information
include - personal computers, laptops, tablets, mobile
phones, transport systems, televisions, email. The
term sex and gender are concepts used by
academicians, researchers and feminist writers to
make a distinction between the biologically different
male and female and between the socially
different man and woman (Mukhopadhyay and
Singh 2007). Mal adaptation of ICT includes joint
issues like isolation, protection, pornography,
Internet crime and virtual community (Louge 2006).
The Internet has become a highly effective and
commercial means of distributing sexually specific
objects, as well as a major channel for compelling
sexual manners, sex trafficking, and sex crimes. 20
years back internet was not in the access of most of
the people. People used VCRs, VCPs, video/audio
cassettes and magazines for entertainment. Data
transfer and storage modes have been advanced
significantly over the past few decades. Earlier,
Floppy disk, CDs and DVDs were being used which are
now replaced by the Memory card and USBs. These
modes are frequently misused for in the
entertainments like sexual explicit materials. Gender
and Sex are the terms interchangeably used to refer

male or female in general perspective however, these


terms are totally different in their true sense. Sex
refers to the physical/biological differences between
males and females determined by biology, which
does not change without surgical intervention, such
as women can give birth and men provide sperm
(Christodoulou 2005). These sex roles are universal.
On the other hand, gender refers to the social
differences between males and females which are
determined by social factors; history, culture,
tradition, societal norms and religion. Gender in any
given society involves the socialization for boys and
girls, men and women that determines roles,
responsibilities, opportunities, privileges, limitations
and expectations. Gender is a neutral term, neither
good or bad, right nor right or wrong for some, the
word gender has become associated with womens
issues and womens related programs, feminists, for
some, gender has become a negative word that
connotes exclusion or hatred of men. In fact,
gender refers to both males & females. Its meaning
is not fully understood. Hence, gender definitions can
change significantly depending upon the social
structure.
Gender sensitivity encompasses the ability to
acknowledge and highlight existing gender
differences, issues and inequalities and incorporate
these into strategies and actions. Gender sensitivity is
not about pitting women against men(UNESCO 2004)
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for equal sex couples, but the heterosexual


partnership rate has been flat (Rosenfeld and Thomas
2012).
METERIALS AND MEHTHODS
The qualitative study has focused on the Maladaptation of ICT in rising sexual sensitization and
how negative use of particular industry badly
effecting adolescent since past decay. The data was
gathered from sixty eight respondents in Universities
and colleges area of Shamsabad (Rawalpindi). The
qualitative results are explained in the outcomes of
the respondents.
RESULTS
Table. 1: Reasons for Using ICT Devices
Dependent questions
Independ
ent
question
Internet has increased the
rate of sexual sensitization.
Illiterate people use mobile
phones
beyond
any
utilitarian purpose.
Students use ICT for
sexually explicit material
entertainment.

Mostly people misuse


for
ICT
sexual
entertainment?

. On the contrary, education that is gender sensitive


benefits members of both sexes. It helps them
determine which assumptions in matters of gender
are valid and which are stereotyped generalizations.
Gender awareness requires not only intellectual
understanding and effort but also sensitivity and
open-mindedness to change ones views and limited
perspectives and values(Heng 2010). It opens up the
widest possible range of life options for both women
and men and builds their capacities to be more
wholesome and humane.
Gender roles are learned behaviors in a given society,
community, or other special group, that condition
which activities, tasks and responsibilities are
perceived as male and female. Gender roles are
affected by age, class, race, ethnicity, religion and by
the
geographical,
economic
and
political
environment. Changes in gender roles often occur in
response to changing economic, natural or political
circumstances, including development efforts. Both
men and women play multiple roles in society(Bank
2012) e.g. in agricultural sector it can be seen that
male and female work together. The gender roles of
women can be identified as reproductive, productive
and community managing roles, while mens are
categorized as either productive or community
politics. Men are able to focus on a particular
productive role, and play their multiple roles
sequentially. Women, in contrast to men, must play
their roles simultaneously, and balance competing
claims on time for each of them. Traditional gender
roles and norms can affect what, and how, their
children learn.
In our local social system the element of gender
stereotypes, deny individuals respect or legitimacy
based on their membership in that group, is
prominent. Sex is defined by birth but the gender is
influenced by the social attributes. The mother is
most important among attributes which starts from
selecting clothes for her children immediately after
the birth. Even the toys have the classification used
for baby boy and baby girl. Similarly, teachers and the
close family members, especially in joint family
system, have great influence on the gender role. Now
a days, in the advanced world, this difference has
been minimized to a great extent. The choice of
clothes, toys, daily use item and even the jobs has no
clear demarcation for males and females. This is
mostly resulted by the information technology and
the fast internet which enables to interact with other
cultures in real time without being physically part of
that particular culture.By misuse of internet
partnership rate has increased during the Internet era

Chi-square
values

.000
.697

.015

The table reflects the statistical correlation values


between the variables. The significant value between
,Internet has increased the rate of sexual
sensitization and Mostly people are misusing ICT
for bad entertainment is .000 which is less than the
significant value 0.05 (.000<0.05) which indicates the
rejection of null hypothesis projecting that there is
association between these two variables. Internet
thus has increased the rate of sexual sensitization as
people are mostly misusing ICT for bad
entertainment. Misuse of ICT has no significant
relationship with the use of expensive mobile phones
by the low income peoples as expressed by the chi
square value .697 which is greater than significant
value 0.05 (.697>0.05) indicating the acceptation of
null hypothesis. Students use their access to ICT
specifically on mobile phones for sexual material
which is, represented by the association .015, less
than significant value 0.05 (0.05<0.05) indicates
towards the rejection of null hypothesis. Results
shows 94% people says that internet has increased
the rate of sexual sensitization. 78.6% people are in
the view that Illiterate people use mobile phones
beyond any utilitarian purpose and 17.1% are in
contrary.
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DISCUSSION
It was observed that entertainment on ICT is to listen
songs, play games, use face book, watch videos and
to do chatting with strangers(Rangaswamy and
Cutrell 2012). Mostly people were of the view that
misuse of internet has increased sexual sensitization
and it also was observed that people were not
involved in intimate relationship before 30 years as
compared today.
People were also in the opinion that internet
awakened the adolescent soon as the previous times
and mostly people said that entertainment is
watching movies, songs, face book and pictures.
People have much involved in ICT in such a way that
even in the presence of blood relation they use to
make intimate relationships. Mostly people use CD
and internet for entertainment. Internet has provided
ease for people as every mode of entertainment
(Subrahmanyama, et al. 2001). However, it also
influenced negatively by proving inappropriate video
and animations without option to view the content. It
was observed that over 64% users have argued that
the advertisements and unwanted materials on
internet poke repeatedly which mostly contains
sexual explicit materials. This led the people to sexual
sensitizing. Easy access to internet makes people not
to visit cinema.
People avoid going in open theaters due to the social
inappropriateness and other factors. It is also being
seen that people with an insufficient income use
expensive mobile, it has made their access to
internet, they use costly mobile to raise their status
and they also fond of pricey mobiles. By the rapid
increase in TV cable cinema open theater are arrived
home to home, and without any check and balance
people or especially young generation attracted
towards these abuses and it also abolished their
sexual desires. Rapid increase and change in ICT has
also effect young girls (Subrahmanyama, et al. 2001).
They dont feel to do boyish stuff. Girls are also
involved to use computer internet negatively, they
use to visit porn websites and other abused stuff. It
abolished their sexual desire to fulfill sexual desire
they indulged themselves in intimate relationships.
Both girls and boys equally misuse internet according
to respondents point of view. Videos and ads which
based on sex are not uploaded by any option they
open side by side and people pay their attention
towards these ads. According to survey 64.7%
respondents were in the opinion that yes these
sexual ads open side by side without given any
option. Difference between a girl and a boy has been
cleared from childhood. Similarly according to the

survey 88.6% people are in the favor that gender


discrimination has cleared from childhood by culture.
But culture and parents dont allow children to ask
about the sexual sensitivity, in the result children
gathered information from their peer group or
searched it on internet, this led children towards
sexual abuse. People avoid to visit cinema with their
family 76.5% respondents said that they avoid to visit
cinema with their family, but some people like to visit
cinema with their family. When internet, computers,
CDs, were not commonly in use or not available,
people were use VCR, VCPs for cheap entertainment,
but now people use internet, computer and CDs for
this purpose because it is an easy, cheap and modern
mode of entertainment. Due to the development of
ICT Gender discrimination is lessen which can be
noticed everywhere from home to Offices (Report
2011). Both men and women play multiple roles in
society (Bank 2012). A major example is male and
female are working together in villages for crops
cutting, etc. Similarly in cities male and female are
working together in every fields of life. Gender is set
in so comprehensively in our institutions, our actions,
our beliefs, and our desires, that it appears to us to
be completely natural. Gender is the social
explanation of biological sex.
CONCLUSION
Increased unsupervised ICT use has triggered sexual
sensitization at an increased pace that is in apposition
with the culturally accepted pace of gender
sensitization. Sexually explicit material available
online, media projections of gender along with their
sexual roles has made the youth more attentive
towards their sexual needs leading them to overt use
of ICT.
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