Lecturer’s Perception Of Fashion Reform Against Skimpy Dressing Amongst Students.
ABSTRACT
While some university authorities argue that mode of dress is an important factor in determining student’s success of failure and should thus be subjected to rules, orders especially in the humanities and social sciences remain uncounted. Realizing the evil effect of the vice of indecent dressing, this study is targeted at finding lecturers perception of fashion reforms in higher institutions.
To achieve this, a simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 120 lecturers from the department in Ekiti state university as respondents. The method used for collecting data was a questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed using frequency count and percentage index and simple methods tools to test the formulated hypothesis.
INTRODUCTION
Among the three main basic need of man, clothing stand to be admirable in all societies. There is probably no sphere of human activities in which our values and lifestyles are more clearly rejected than the clothes we wear.
Kelechi, (2009) stated in every group religion occupation or community. There are certain accepted standard of dress considered right proper and appropriate.
He maintained that in a group there are some social norms which govern the clothing behaviour of that group.
Ezinwo (2002) argued that it is one’s husband, wife or medical personnel that are allowed to see this sensitive area for a woman, her breast, armpit, buttock and thigh are to be covered especially in public. For instance, it is considered a healthy practice to put on clothes that adequately cover some sensitive part of the body.
The role played by clothing in stimulating or diminishing sexual urge is symbolic of the moral standard of a given culture. Indecent dressing that exposes the body especially in the part of female role attracts undue attention from the male which do lead to sexual harassment that at times leads to rape.
From experience, Nigeria Universities are facing problems associated with indecent dressing among the undergraduates on campuses at an unprecedented rate.
Ebonughu (2004) reported that some of the universities have implemented a dress code to counter the ills and to improve the quality of education.
Dress code in Nigeria is not new. Religious groups government workers, banker, nursery/primary and secondary school students, marriage and burial ceremonies all have dress code.
Kube (2003) Olori (2004) Edukugbo (2004) lamented that most of the female undergraduate’s students have shifted from the socially approved mode of dressing to offensive and provocative styles.
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