CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF FEMALE SEXUAL HARASSMENT BEHAVIOUR AMONG ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY AKUNGBA AKOKO UNDERGRADUATES, ONDO STATE.
Abstract
Sexual harassment behaviour is one of the major challenges facing undergraduate students of most universities, whose effect is not only appalling but equally altering the core purpose of student academic achievement. The study examines female sexual harassment behaviour among undergraduates of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. Action theory was employed to explain the subject matter as a rational action by actor’s definition and interpretation. Being a quantitative study, a cross-sectional survey with multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the respondents’ in the study area. A total number of 112 respondents were finally selected for the study area. Quantitative data collected randomly from registered and identify students on – causes, effects and measures against female sexual harassment behaviour - were analyzed with SPSS package. The study revealed causes of female sexual harassment behaviour to include insufficient hostel accommodation, cohabitation, peer influence, poverty etc. It also revealed the effects of female sexual harassment behaviour include teenage pregnancy, loss of virginity, school drop-out, promiscuity, acquisition of sexually transmitted infections etc. Therefore, the study concludes and recommends adequate hostel accommodation and others appropriate measures against such appalling and demeaning behaviour.
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