Hypothesis three which stated that there is no significant difference in the expression of the factors responsible for sexual abuse on the basis of study level was rejected because a significant difference was found, that is, the calculated f-value of 5.0590 is greater than the critical f-value of 3.00, so a significant difference was found. This may be attributed to the fact that most fresh students were just from secondary schools where students’ movement and actions were usually monitored by the school prefects, class teachers and the school authority. It should be noted that on this facts, there were no academic freedom that might be abused like that which exists in the College of Education. It should also be noted that these fresh students were still new in the school and in-experienced as to their expression were significantly different from that of stalite who has been versed in experience and know almost all the nooks and crannies of the campus.
Hypothesis four which stated that there is no significant difference in the expression of the factors responsible for sexual abuse among respondents on the basis of age was accepted because no significant difference was found. It was accepted because the calculated f-value of 2.3701 is less than the critical f-value of 3.00. This means that the age of respondents does not differ in their believes of the factors responsible for sexual abuse. The finding revealed that adults students did not expressed or to the factor responsible for sexual abuse in a matured way that the teenagers and younger students.
Conclusion
From the findings discussed and data analyzed, these conclusions were drawn from the study. The students expressed that indecent dressing is a main factor that is responsible for sexual abuse.
The study revealed that sexual abused mainly caused by indecent dressing such as ladies putting on clothes that revealed their physique, and wearing transparent clothes revealing parts of the breast or abdomen. This is closely followed by peer group factors such as when peers often discuss sexually related issues, when youths/individuals possess arms and ammunition etc. then emotional factor was next and it revealed that sexual abuse occurs when an individual is unable to control his/her sexual urges, when an individual constantly has wet dreams. Last of the expressed factors was the Revenge/punishment factor and it revealed that when a man is labeled as impotent he therefore want to prove his sexual capability by sexually abusing its victims or when a lady dresses provocatively she therefore seduces the male and sometimes if not controlled it may lead to sexual abuse.
i. There was no significant difference in the expression of the factors responsible for sexual abuse among male and female students of College of Education, Abeokuta.
ii. There was no significant difference in the expression of the factors responsible for sexual abuse among students who are Christians and their Muslim counter parts.
iii. There was a significant difference in the expression of the factors responsible for sexual abuse among respondents on the basis of study level.
iv. There was no significant difference in the expression of the factors responsible for sexual abuse among respondents on the basis of age.
Recommendations
The following recommendations have been designed based on the findings of this study. There is need to introduce sex education to the youths in the society. Sex education programme is to give young people factual information and provide them with the basis of understanding the nature of male and female which will help them become mature and responsible persons, and to male rational decisions to live. Many parents do not instruct their children about sex at all and some instill erroneous beliefs about sex to their children. The fact is that ignorance on the knowledge of sexual matters is the cause of sexual misadventure such as pre-marital sex, engaging in rape, abortion, and unwanted pregnancies etc. which constitute future problems in marital life. These problems could be avoided by giving the necessary sex education to the upcoming youths in the society.
Guidance counsellors who are trained personnel should be allowed to practice on full time basis in our tertiary institutions and other places where youths are concentrated so as to help them on how to manage their emotional feelings. Parents also have major role to play in training their children to adhere to law and order. They should lay emphasis on proper discipline of children, checking and discouraging them from reading magazines or books that could influence their thought to abuse people sexually. Parent should enlighten their children more on the consequences of participating in the act of sexual abuse and also provide for them with basis parental care so as not to be influenced by peer groups as an alternative to the care/recognition not given to them at home.
Furthermore, parents and religious bodies should lay emphasis more on living on exemplary life because the behavioural traits in parents are always genetical event to their offspring. Religious bodies should have time for their youths by educating them about good virtues of life to keep them in sound mind and involving them in activities that will discourage them from participating in the act of sexual abuse.