Influence of Cross-Dressing on the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Social Media Users in South East Zone of Nigeria

Abstract

There is no disputing of the fact about the unique attribute of social media platform as it aids in the dissemination of information. It creates a forum whereby people can easily connect and communicate to people however it comes with its own challenge of encouraging cross dressing thereby causing social evil in the society. It is on this premise that the study seeks to examine how the activities of cross dressers on social media has influenced the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of social media users in South Eastern zone of Nigeria. The study employed the technological determinism theory which states that the current trend of cross-dressing determines how people feel, think, act and move. Since the exact population is unknown; the researcher adopted the use of Cochran formula to arrive at a sample size of 380 while the multi stage sampling procedure was used in the selection of respondents. Findings of the study revealed that social media users in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo are knowledgeable on what cross-dressing is all about. They identified Instagram to be the widely used social media platform by cross-dressers and thus frown at the trend as they perceive them to be promoter of same-sex marriage. This assertion has thus limited them from cross-dressing or encouraging others to do the same. From the foregoing there is need for government to set laws against cross-dressing in a bid to uphold moral standard.