TY - JOUR AU - ILOKA PATRICIA CHINWE, PY - 2022/01/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - THE ROLE OF LAW IN THE SEXUALISATION OF POLITICS IN NIGERIA JF - UNIZIK Law Journal JA - ULJ VL - 17 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://journals.unizik.edu.ng/ulj/article/view/881 SP - 1-14 AB - <p>Men and women are sexual beings that relate harmoniously together but there are sexual politics in<br>virtually all aspects of interpersonal relationships. Sexual politics is how power is shared between men<br>and women, whether evenly or marginally. These relationships between the sexes are viewed in the<br>political ideology as political sexualisation. However, the many factors and interplays of issues in this<br>milieu propel this study to critically examine “the role of law in the sexualisation of politics in Nigeria.”<br>The specific objectives were to appraise the incidents of sexual politics between male and female, to<br>examine the challenges faced by the female folk, and to as well appraise enactments both national and<br>international made to curb the menace of sexual politics marginalization in the Nigerian society, and<br>finally made some recommendations. The research design and methodology was doctrinal approach,<br>using analytical and descriptive research methodology. The main sources of data collection were various<br>legal documents and materials, both from the library and internet, and covering the primary sources and<br>the secondary sources. For the summary of findings, it was submitted among others that the term politics<br>refers to power-structured relationships and arrangements, whereby one group of persons is controlled<br>by another, and patriarchy on the other hand is an institution perpetuated by such techniques of control,<br>thus giving a working definition on how politics is conceived. It was further observed that while politics<br>is concerned with getting or using power within a particular group or organization, patriarchal<br>government can be taken as an institution whereby half of the populace which is female is controlled by<br>the other half which is male. Sequel to these backdrops, it was recommended that the distance between<br>the real and the ideal which result in contradictions and exceptions should be bridged within the system,<br>also that patriarchy as an institution should be less dogmatic in male dominance, and with the import of<br>democracy, females should not be discriminated in holding political power or occupying any political<br>office, notwithstanding their sex. Finally, this study was made to be significant to scholars of<br>jurisprudence, political philosophers, feminism and human rights advocates, as well as being relevant to<br>the legal practitioners, politicians, economists, and political scientists, as well as the judges/justices in<br>any case relating to women political rights.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -