SOCIAL VICES
1.0 Introduction
Social vices:
Social vices are forms of evil, wicked and criminal actions or behaviours in the society. These are social problems and have been thought of as social situations that a large number of observers feel are inappropriate and need remedying. Social vices are those acts and conditions that violate societal norms and values.
Just a casual look at Nigerian universities these days will suffice to realize that so many social vices have become the order of the day. Chief among these are the twin evils of cultism and indecent dressing.
Interestingly, these vices are commoner among the males and females respectively. What probably began as pacification to desires for companionship, protection and security; an innocent imitation of westerners has grown to bedevil sanity and progress on our university today.
In this paper, cultism, indecent dressing and some other related social vices will be dealt with in light of their causes, consequences, possible remedial steps and the role of the lecturers in the management of these problems.
* Social vices
* Cultism
* Secret cult
* Secret societies
* Indecent dressing
Cultism:
The Oxford Advanced Learner 's Dictionary defined cult as a small group of people who have extreme religious beliefs and who are not part of any established religion.
Secret Cult:
Ogunade (2002) defined a secret cult as an enclosed organized association or group devoted to the same cause. It is an enclosed group having an exclusive sacred ideology and a series of rites centred on their sacred symbols.
Secret cult is a terminology coined by a former Military Head of State- Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida between 1983 -1984. Before this period, these gangs had always been referred to as fraternities.
The members of the cult, according to Ogunade (2002) commit themselves to oath and allegiance, which serves as their strong bond. This group of people are always violent when defending their course.
Secret Societies:
Maquet
Social vices:
Social vices are forms of evil, wicked and criminal actions or behaviours in the society. These are social problems and have been thought of as social situations that a large number of observers feel are inappropriate and need remedying. Social vices are those acts and conditions that violate societal norms and values.
Just a casual look at Nigerian universities these days will suffice to realize that so many social vices have become the order of the day. Chief among these are the twin evils of cultism and indecent dressing.
Interestingly, these vices are commoner among the males and females respectively. What probably began as pacification to desires for companionship, protection and security; an innocent imitation of westerners has grown to bedevil sanity and progress on our university today.
In this paper, cultism, indecent dressing and some other related social vices will be dealt with in light of their causes, consequences, possible remedial steps and the role of the lecturers in the management of these problems.
* Social vices
* Cultism
* Secret cult
* Secret societies
* Indecent dressing
Cultism:
The Oxford Advanced Learner 's Dictionary defined cult as a small group of people who have extreme religious beliefs and who are not part of any established religion.
Secret Cult:
Ogunade (2002) defined a secret cult as an enclosed organized association or group devoted to the same cause. It is an enclosed group having an exclusive sacred ideology and a series of rites centred on their sacred symbols.
Secret cult is a terminology coined by a former Military Head of State- Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida between 1983 -1984. Before this period, these gangs had always been referred to as fraternities.
The members of the cult, according to Ogunade (2002) commit themselves to oath and allegiance, which serves as their strong bond. This group of people are always violent when defending their course.
Secret Societies:
Maquet
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