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ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF
FEMALE UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MORAL STANDARD ON DRESS CODE
IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIA
Chapter
one
Introduction
1.1
Background of the study
Clothing
is one of the elements which make the total culture of society; it is used by
human being for protection, decoration and beautification. Similarly, Ozougwu
and Anyakoha (2005) in Johnson and Foster (1990) described clothing as the
different garments worn by people in order to protect, adorn or to communicate
intent. Generally, clothing can be said to be any bodily adornment or
appearance modification used by man. Clothing is the general and inclusive
terms for all the various covering and articles of dress designed to be worn on
the body. Aside from garment, clothing also include body decorations such as
cosmetics, tattoos, hair colour and attachment, ornaments, badges, instigma of
office rank, extension of the body in the form of cane (walking stick), bags,
umbrella, handkerchief. (Nchekube, 2009). Clothing can be used as a medium of self-expression.
Kiran, Malik, Riaz (2002) view clothing as a form of artistic expression that
reflects the cognitive moral and social aspects of human life. Bill (1999)
describe clothing as a mark of identity and as a means of non-verbal
communication. Bill opined that it functions almost as language that can
indicate a person’s age, gender, marital status, place of origin, religion,
social status and occupation. Clothing is a form of communication which can be
used as a strong manipulation to stir imagination, curiosity and send signal to
the observing eyes (Fayokun, Adedeji and Oyebade 2009). According to Ejila
(2014) is of the view that most of the attitude and behaviour towards dressing
particularly among female undergraduates do not conform to moral standard.
Moral standard can be described as a set rules which guides an individual on
how to evaluate right or wrong. Morality is simply the level of quality of
behaviour. It deals with human and how they relate with others and the world.
Individual‟s clothing choices reflect his attitude. Attitude are expressions of
feeling, thoughts or behaviour. Marshal et al (2000) believe that attitude are
often learnt from family and peer group and are moulded over time by societal
and educational experience. An individual clothing choice may be an indicator
of his moral philosophy generally and sexual morality in particular. Okeh
(2009) stated that indecent dressing among female students can influence their
sexual morality which may by extension lead to promiscuity among student’s
sexual harassment, rape among others. Age is one of the considerations when
people choose clothes. People who belong to an age cohort tend to have similar
needs and consideration. Adolescent age is a stage characterized by a lot of
uncertainties about self, the need to belong among others. The clothing
preference of these young adult particularly the female undergraduates is
affected mostly by peers, celebrities, and advertisement on mass media. During
the period of late adolescence, most young people become interested in
selecting mates and may use clothing as means of enhancing their sexual
attraction. Female undergraduates are females of various categories in higher
institution of learning many of this group fall between the age range of 16-25
which is within the range of early adolescent and late adolescence Ejila
(2014). Marital status is on the other hand an important demographic variable
which can be influenced by clothing. People of different marital status can
respond differently to clothing (Srinivansan, Srivartava and Blianot 2015). In
African societies many married women wear clothing that distinguishes them from
the unmarried. For instance, the use of two wrappers and blouses are most often
used by the married women. A university is a place where a systematically
organized and scientifically oriented education is offered. It is through such
an organized manner that knowledge, skill and desired attitude of the learner
is developed. Since universities are expected to produce students who are sound
in character and in learning, it presupposes that the rules which can promote
these should be welcomed. Dress code policy is intended to help to imbibe good
dressing culture and promote academic excellence among students. Dress code is
referred to as an acceptable way of dressing. It can be viewed as a formal or
informal imposed standard of dressing. Ahuwan (2011) described dress code as
the standard or rules that govern what should be worn for a particular
situation and time. Boyo (2005) stated that dress code on campuses is simply a
rule passed by the authorities of some universities and other tertiary institutions
to ensure that students dress properly and decently. Similarly Olori (2003)
describes dress code as a set of standard that companies, schools, communities,
organizations and institution have accepted for their employee with guidance
about what is appropriate wear for work. Ifedili and Ifedili (2008) opined that
the dress code implementation in Nigerian universities has many advantages
among which are, instilling discipline in students, lowering sexual abuse and
harassment, creating less distraction to both students and lecturers.
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