The art of
seduction has been a widely used technique or weapon by many to achieve
desirable results when the quest seems unsurmountable. It is especially adopted
when the subject of interest has a reputation to uphold at all costs.
Throughout
history, many male leaders have fallen prey and had their hard-won reputations
flashed down the drain.
A few
individuals who refused to be defeated after they were tempted have had their
tales retold throughout generations. An example that readily comes to mind is
Bible character Joseph, who per the records did not only say no to his boss’
wife but also fled the scene ‘half-naked’ just to uphold his reputation.
British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) recently aired an investigative piece,
chronicling lecturers of leading tertiary institutions in Ghana and Nigeria who
were caught on tape making inappropriate and sexually suggestive passes at
students.
In the
expose?, BBC Africa Eye reporters posed as students in the respective schools
and interacted with the lecturers, highlighting their operations.
Two of the
lecturers from the University of Ghana, Dr Butakor and Prof. Ransford Gyampo
have since been interdicted and asked to step aside for the ethics committee to
carry out investigations.
A lecturer
from an affiliate private university, AUCC who criticized the work by the BBC
Africa Eye has come out to share an experience which flips the narrative of the
documentary.
Samuel Ato
Afful, who teaches Journalism and Communications at the African University
College of Communications, recounted that a female student who had failed
assessments and was bound to trail his subjects approached him with the agenda
to coerce him for better grades.
He stated
that he was an ‘easy’ target because he has a relatively great relationship
with his students.
“…normally
if you finish a class, sometimes they say they have problems so they want to
see you so I try to make time for some of those things. Sometimes we stand at
the carpark and talk, other times, they walk to the office so you’re entering
your office and someone is following you…
The incident
which happened on a Friday night after lectures drew the attention of the Head
of Department, whom unbeknown to him was in his office during the entire
period.
“…I didn’t
even realise she was following me so I enter my office and then she comes in
there pleading and almost crying… Then she drops an envelope, I realized that
it was preconceived cos she had written the amount and my initials on it. It
was 200 Ghana cedis. Means that it was planned so I was scared…”
He noted
that at that point the student had begun to sweet talk him and making
suggestions of offering her body if the money was insufficient. He, however,
maintained his stance and resisted her passes and asked her to leave his
office.
“… I can’t
pass you because if you have failed my paper it’s possible you’ve failed other
papers too… So, I went like please get out but she wasn’t leaving. Now I could
see her breast [she had taken her breast out]
According to Mr Ato Afful,
he decided not to make a fuss about it and report the incident because it would
deter students who were actually in need of help from approaching him.
He, however, saw the need to tell his story at this time to neutralise the narrative especially because the impression is being created that lecturers all the time prey on their female students for sex.
He, however, saw the need to tell his story at this time to neutralise the narrative especially because the impression is being created that lecturers all the time prey on their female students for sex.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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