Abstract:
Sexuality is human and therefore it is subject to a rule which institutionalizes it. Adultery is a
deviant practice in African and Beninese communities. The objective of this research is to
analyze the socio-cultural factors of the practice of adultery in Abomey's dark environment. This
research, essentially qualitative, made it possible to mobilize several actors who interact in the
manifesto of this very frequent practice nowadays. From the reasoned choice technique, actors
such as women who have committed adultery at least once, family members of husbands whose
wife has committed adultery, populations, elders and local authorities often responsible
regulation, were selected. Thanks to documentary research, observation and semi-structured
interview, the information collected, analyzed and discussed have led to interesting results that
provide information on the social and cultural reasons that facilitate, according to the
respondents, the practice of adultery in Abomey's Fon environment. Likewise, certain
consequences of this act are set out in this text with an outline of the institutions for regulating
this practice, which was very tolerated in the Abomey background. |
