TY  - JOUR
T1  - Conflicts in marriage, consequences of surrogate marriage, the Igbo, marriage, surrogate marriage,
HIV/AIDS
AU - A. Nwosu, Innocent AU - Ekpechu, Joseph AU - Njemanze, Vivian AU - Ololo, Kennedy AU - Eyisi, Emmanuel 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SP  - 80
EP  - 92
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2019.80.92
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2019.80.92
KW  - Conflicts in marriage
KW  -consequences of surrogate marriage
KW  -the Igbo
KW  -marriage
KW  -surrogate marriage
KW  -HIV/AIDS
AB  - Marriage is a socially sanctioned union between spouses. Procreation is one major reason for
marriage but in Africa, the choice of whom to marry is determined by culture. In Igboland, surrogate marriage
which is propelled by procreation, causes psychosocial and health conflicts. In spite of this, no serious attempt
have been made to determine why young girls enter into such marriage or its consequences among the Igbo.
As a result, this study seeks to determine reasons for such marriage and its consequences. Therefore, the study
adopted qualitative research design using in-depth interviews. The study conducted in Southeast Nigeria used
a sample of 52 participants (women) selected through snowball sampling. The study revealed that surrogate
marriage is being sustained by several factors including infertility. It was also found that young girls enter into
such marriage as a result of poverty, physical or social challenges. The study has shown that wives
of female-husbands do have sexual intercourse with multiple partners unprotected in order to get children.
Therefore, surrogate marriage becomes the easiest conduit for the spread of STDs including HIV/AIDS.
Surrogate marriage causes marital conflicts, psychological trauma and death. Its elimination will save humans
from health, social and psychological problems.
ER  -