Keywords
Eve teasing
Prevalence
How to Cite
Abstract
Background: Eve-teasing is a pervasive social ill and a complicated issue. Teenage girls are the primary targets of eveteasing. All kinds of women experience eve-teasing through whistling, catcalling, touching or groping, flashing, blowing kisses, stalking, sexual posturing, or unauthorized photographing.
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of eve teasing and its effects among adolescent girls.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from October 9 to November 16, 2022, among the adolescent girls of Deumai Municipality Ilam. Ethical approval was obtained from the institutional review committee of Kathmandu Medical College (Ref.07102022/44) A nonprobability purposive sampling method was used to describe variables of interest. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, median, and standard deviation), and inferential statistics (chi-square) was used to determine the association between independent variables and the prevalence of eve-teasing. Data was coded and placed into the SPSS program. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, median, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (chisquare) to determine the association between independent variables and the prevalence of eve-teasing.
Results: The study findings concluded that 327 (93.4%) of students had experienced eve teasing. A significant association was found between the prevalence of eve-teasing and age.
Conclusion: Prevalence of eve teasing was higher among the adolescents leading to several effects like, low self-esteem, anxiety and fear and activity of daily living.
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