INDECENT DRESSING AMONG UNDERGRADUATES: A CASE STUDY OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, EKIADOLOR, EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

Indecent dressing like other social vices has eaten deep into the lives of the youths, especially those in the higher institutions. These youths are front liners in showing  off new  trends  not minding its standard of decency relative to moral and societal values. This situation led to the research on the reasons, effects, societal perception and possible solutions to indecent dressing in the College Of Education, Ekiadolor, Edo state  with the departments of economics/political science and economics/ social studies being case studies. Some of the underlying factors of indecent dressing are, students like the feeling of security and belonging that comes with wearing similar clothing hence turn a blind eye to the indecency surrounding certain cloth choices. With the world becoming a digital village, students are being   influenced   by wrong   information on the internet be it in form of videos, pictures, articles,etc. The society influences  thechoice of dressing directly or indirectly as the younger generation interact with their environment on a daily basis. The method for data collection was the use of structured and unstructured questionnaires.  It contained two sections, the first is the social demographic characteristics of respondents and the second section examined indecent dressing among  undergraduates  and  analyzed same using  the  simple  percentage  for  easy  computation. From the  results gotten, the respondents were of the view that indecent dressing could be curbed by orienting the students on its dangers. This study concluded with the discussion and implications of findings and its recommendations.