Ali Baba recently had an interview on Classic FM’s “The Discourse With Ken.” Ali Baba stressed the importance of education to prevent sexual harassment. This is especially true for young children. He believes education is key to preventing serious issues like sexual harassment and even murder.
He began, ” Someone asked me two days ago, ‘If you could change one thing across the world, what would it be?’ I would give formal education to people between the ages of birth and 10.”
Ali Baba didn’t just say education was important. He explained that teaching kids during their early years (called formative years) helps them understand boundaries and other serious problems they might face later in life.
“It is so critical, and it is the failure to do that that makes people not know the value of life, or the essence of humanity and not know that you have to respect each other’s space, values, and boundaries. All that can be achieved through education,” he said.
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He shared a personal story to illustrate his point. Ali Baba mentioned witnessing a situation of sexual harassment. A man harassed a woman.
“There was a time I asked a man ‘Why are you touching the lady? She is not responding to you and you’re dragging her and then he said ‘That’s how women behave.’ Shey you see. If you’re educated enough, you’d know that that is sexual harassment, you would know that such an act can escort you into some jail time,” he narrated.
He continued, “The other thing is when you say certain things like ‘no is no’ to certain people, because they aren’t educated, they would argue with you. Some would say ‘Some women ehn when they say no, they mean yes’. So when you get jail term now, you’ll know.”
He emphasised the importance of education in stopping pointless killings. He said that someone who is educated about how valuable human life is will make better choices.
“I said we were going to talk about burning issues in the national space. For example, a group of men would not go and kill military men when they know that you shouldn’t even kill any human being in the first place. If you are educated enough you would know that dialogue and justice are the best way to get anything you want,” he concluded.
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