ERIC Number: EJ1416612
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2162-3104
EISSN: EISSN-2166-3750
Sexual Harassment Myths and Victims' Blame Game among the Students of Institutions of Higher Learning: Implication to Gender-Based Sexual Violence and Community Sustainable Development in Southeast Nigeria
Nwakaego Ekwealor; Ogechi Nkemjika; Ukamaka Anekeje; Adaobi Egbe; Samuel Okafor; Ikem Ogechi
Journal of International Students, v14 n1 p189-209 2024
The study investigated the issue of sexual harassment myths among the students of higher institutions of learning in Southeast Nigeria region, focusing on the male and female undergraduates from these institutions as the study population. While the study was guided by Structuration Theory, survey design with questionnaire instrument was applied to manage the study and data collection procedure. Appropriate classification and statistics were applied to check the relationship of the substantive variables to the study. From the findings, there is a prevalence of acceptance of sexual harassment myths (72.3%/55.6%) among the students; gender explained 4.9%/10.4% variance of sexual harassment myths[superscript 1&2], sexual harassment myths[superscript 1&2] explained about 0.98%/0.22% variance of ability to report sexual harassment experience among the students. The study concludes that sexual harassment myths acceptance has been embedded in the consciousness of the youths through the overarching patriarchal structures in the system with gender-based violence and sustainable development implications.
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Undergraduate Students, Misconceptions, Gender Differences, Social Influences, Gender Bias, Foreign Countries, Incidence, Age Differences, Religious Factors, Secondary Schools, Sex Education, School Policy, Instructional Program Divisions, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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