In response to a Facebook post, Nigerian man Isidore Ene Bassey shared his views on the relationship between virginity and personality.
He rejects the idea that moral virtue and virginity are mutually exclusive.
Bassey thinks his brother’s failed marriage proves that virginity alone does not ensure a happy marriage, despite the fact that he was a virgin, had a university education, and had strong family values.
He emphasizes that character is influenced by inherent traits as well as upbringing and discipline.
“To whom it may concern, virginity is not the same as character, I have a brother that was a virgin, finished university, worked for years, went to UK, came back, still a virgin, married with both traditional and church rituals, yet marriage could not last 6 months.
“Parental guidance and instilled discipline is not the same as in-built character,” he wrote.
“A good wife is heaven’s last, best gift to man, – his gem of many virtues, his casket of jewels; her voice is sweet music, her smiles his brightest day, her kiss the guardian of his innocence, her arms the pale of his safety.” Jeremy Taylor
