VOLUME 02 ISSUE 10 October 2025
1Oyetayo, M.O, 2Oyebanji, T.O
1,2Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Adeyemi Federal Universty of Education, Ondo, Nigeria
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ABSTRACT
Gender based exploitive behavior has become a common phenomenon in Nigerian institutions of learning as it is being displayed by students and lectures. Gender based exploitive behavior (GBEB) can be described as any form of violation or discrimination either directly or indirectly against female which occur inform of rape, sexual harassment and intimidation The research design adopted for the study is the descriptive survey, two hundred respondents were selected to participate in the study using the stratified sampling procedure. Three hypothese were tested in the study, two of the hypotheses were accepted while one was rejected. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that There should be enlightenment campaign on the dangers of gender based exploitative behaviour with a view to reducing it’s prevalence and also that there should be stipulated punishment for offenders by relevant authority
KEYWORDS:behaviour, gender, patterns, violence
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