CHAPTER ONE
1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Dressing is an out of putting on materials such as clothes and shores for the covering and protection of the body. Isaacson (2000) observed that provocative mode led to violence, theft gang activities and the likes an campuses. According to Okoro (2006) dressing as an interpretation of an individual personality. Dressing is an expression of oneself because, it is unique to each individual, people dress differently based on what they find interesting.
Indecent dressing simply means deliberate exposure of one’s body to the public. Indecent dressing can also be referred to as provocative and extravagant dresses that expose different contours of bodies in our society. The Guardian Newspaper (2006) observed that indecent dressing is common among female students on campuses through which they are either exposed totally or partially showing the different contours of their bodies.
Nigeria higher institutions presently are now seen as abode for this evil deed which however has been accompanied by insecurity, rape and kidnappings. Indecent dressing is the major cause of the various assault and sexual harassment recorded in the society. Ladies now address half naked to occasionally in the name fashion and this is contrary to the prestige place on African women. Every culture according to article base. Com (2011) has dressing code that may vary according to cultures. Despites this variation one thing is certain that every culture has an acceptable dress code, so every dress code that deviate from the one acceptable to the community is termed indecent.
The terms decency and indecency have so much to do with the morality of the individual person and as judged by others. A dress is therefore said to be indecent when it has provocative or stimulating influence on almost all those that happen to view it on the user. Egwin (2010) referred to indecent dressing as the attitude of some female or male that dress to show off part of the body such as the breasts, buttocks or even the underwear particularly those of the ladies that need to be covered.
The reason for poor dressing of behaviours has a hydra-headed origin , it is a behavior that developed over night, but the cause of it could be attributed to the home (neglect &poor parenting) the effect of globalization arising from wrong values exportation and importation, a reflection of the high rate of moral decadence in the large society (corruption and high rate of indiscipline among the headers and the led) poor pressure and the desire to belong as well as fading values and demorization or demonce influence. According to (Omode and Odiba 2000) the home is every child’s first window to the outside world, what the parent do with the child at this level in terms of training and orientation go a long way to determining what the child become tomorrow. There is hardly any higher institution of learning in this country that is not faced with this nauseating problem. The way student on the campuses of learning particularly the female one’s dress seductively leaves much to be desired.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The ideal transaction between lecturers and student are confined in words of teaching and learning. Some female student personality and interest can be easily read from the way they have dressed to classroom. Most at times, male lecturers find than attractive and approachable, especially when they dress like harlot and call girls. At this point, the interest of the lecturers as regards having an affair with such girls is aroused and lecturer student relationship will go down the train while man friend and girlfriend relationship begins or start.
When such a thing happen between a lecturer and the students, the consequences may be gravies and it might lead to a situation whereby the lecturer makes frantic effort to make sure that the girls passes all her courses with good grade. Besides, the girl in question may be pregnant and abandoned by the so called randy lectures. This mayalso automatically lead to the end of the girls sojourn on the campus.
Similarly, the student may contract sexually transmitted infection (STI) from the lecturer and Vice – Versa.
From the foregoing, the researchers interest is aroused as to known the extent to which indecent dressing among girls in tertiary institution can destroy the lecturer – student relationship, geared towards achieving learning.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is to examine the issue of indecent dressing among female students in federal college of education and its implications to lecturer – student relationship.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
1. What are the factors responsible for indecent dressing among female students in Federal College of EducationAbeokuta?
2. What are the effect of indecent dressing among female students and their male lecturers in Federal College of Education Abeokuta?
3. How can the problem of indecent dressing be solved?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This research work will be of benefit to numerous people. People that will benefit from this research work ranges from individuals, the management of tertiary institution both private and public, school counselors and psychologist, the people in the Helm of government cooperate bodies like non-government organization to teaching personnel like teachers and lecturers.
All the people mention so far can easily lay their hands on this material especially where the issue of indecent dressing is mentioned among female students.
1.6 SCOPE/DETERMINATION OF THE STUDY
This study is delimited to Federal College of Education Abeokuta.
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
1. INDECENT: Indecent means showing part of the body that are usually covered.
2. DRESSING: It’s the act of putting on clothes to cover our body.
3. STUDENT: Student is a person who is studying in a school, college, university etc
4. VIOLENCE: Violence is behavior which is intended to hurt, injured or kill people.
5. PROVOCATIVE: Intended to make people angry of upset
6. RAPE: It’s the act of forcing a woman to have sexual intercourse against her will