Taboo And Women Education In Owerri North Local Government Area Of Imo State

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1            BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Human behaviour is not only governed by rational decision making, sometimes often have shared values and standards of acceptable behaviour that members of the society are encouraged to follow. A culture of a society guides the behaviour and the thoughts of their members by agreed upon expectations and rules. The list of behavioural guidelines is typically referred to as social norms, while the unacceptable behaviours are tagged taboos (Fershtman, 2011). A taboo is a prohibition against a certain act for moral or religious reasons.…