TY - JOUR AU - Akpotor, Julie PY - 2019/07/14 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - GENDER IDENTITY AND THE STIGMATIZATION OF THE GIRL-CHILD JF - Social Science Research JA - SSR VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://journals.aphriapub.com/index.php/SSR/article/view/891 SP - AB - <p>The article being an inferential study examined gender identity and the stigmatization of the girl-child. The sample size was 526 participants. A survey method with the use of questionnaire was adopted for the study and data was analyzed using regression analysis. The results revealed a relationship in the two hypotheses tested. It was therefore recommended that people should refrain from derogatory statements and disdained attitude that debases the girl-child for what she knows nothing about.</p> ER -