BOTTOM POWER: FEMALE SEXUALITY AND IMPLICATIONS ON WORKPLACE COLLEGIALITY IN NIGERIA DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS

Abstract

Female sexuality has been traced to have serious implication on workplace collegiality especiallyin deposit money banks in Nigeria. Female sexuality, which is expressed through appearance, verbaland non-verbal communications and interpersonal behaviors like flirting, engaging in sexualconversations, or sexual relationship have seen to have been as a result of female attractors likewaste-hip ratio in females. These physical attractors have affected the workplace in a typical moneydeposit bank in Nigeria, where those who are favourably disposed to such physiques are undulyfavoured by the male managers or decision makers. This has not only brewed envy and jealousy buthas also promoted many work place deviance, decreased productivity and negatively affectedcollegiality in the workplace. This study was aimed at finding out if sexually-appealing female bankemployees have undue preference above their colleagues who do not possess such and specificallyto ascertain if sexual appeals affect workplace deviance and collegiality due to resentment of femaleworkers who do not see themselves as the preferred ones. The study adopted a cross sectional andcorrelational quantitative design, complemented with a non-participant observation, from 400female employees (aged 18 to 40) distributed in 10 banks in urban cities of Aba, Umuahia, Owerri,Okigwe and Enugu of Southeast Nigeria. Findings revealed that sexually appealing female staffsenjoy preference from male managers in deposit money banks and female workers with lowsexuality resent those with high sexuality which have created environment for workplace devianceand promoted lack of team work. It is therefore recommended that more women should be includedin the decision making process of these banks.