Sexual Risk Behaviour among Waitresses in Restaurants in Ore Nodal Community, South West, Nigeria: Theoretical Perspectives
Sexual Risk Behaviour among Waitresses in Restaurants in Ore Nodal Community, South West, Nigeria: Theoretical Perspectives

Summary/Abstract: Sexual risk behaviours are prominent among Africans viz-a-viz Nigerians. As a result, several studies have focused on the knowledge, attitude and practices of the phenomenon in very few and secluded areas in Nigeria involving key actors such as commercial drivers, hoteliers, students of tertiary institutions, and female bar attendants. Also, previous studies on the phenomenon in Nigeria have only been conducted empirically but with little emphasis on sociological theorising. Hence, there is a wide gap in knowledge on the dimension of understanding the phenomenon, the unit of analysis, and the study’s location. This paper x-rays the knowledge, attitude and practices of sexual risk behaviours among female wait staff in Southwest Nigeria nodal communities using five sociological theories; Systems theory, Symbolic Interactionist Theory, Social Learning Theory, Exchange Theory and Social Action Theory. They were adopted, applied, and synthesized to provide a sociological explanation of the causes, practices, effects and approaches to understanding the peculiarity and dynamics of Sexual risk behaviours among female wait staff in the Ore nodal community in South West, Nigeria in tandem with current social realities.

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