Sexual harassment: Nearly half of 7th- to 12th-graders targeted in a year

There is an interesting article over at the Christian Science Monitor, discussing the way-too-high rates of sexual harassment in 7th-12th graders.

Some of the findings of the study, conducted by the American Association of University Women, include:

• 33 percent said a peer had made unwelcome sexual comments, jokes, or gestures.

• 30 percent experienced sexual harassment by text message, e-mail, Facebook, or other electronic means.

• 18 percent were called gay or lesbian in a negative way.

• 13 percent of girls and 3 percent of boys were touched in an unwelcome sexual way.

• 4 percent of girls and 0.2 percent of boys reported being forced to do something sexual.

Check out the whole article!

And by the way, the research project was spear-headed by Holly Kearl, one of the awesome activists we’ve highlighted in our weekly series. If you want to get to know her better, you can take a look back at the interview.

Tags: Education, research, school, sexual harassment