Want to Stop Sexual Harassment at Work? First Stop it in School!
Posted November 15th, 2011 by Holly KearlRead more: http://www.momsrising.org/blog/want-to-stop-sexual-harassment-at-work-first-stop-it-in-school/#ixzz1dnWI5ezP
Sexual harassment allegations by four women against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain have made the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace headline news. What many people may not realize is that such harassment is a widespread problem in middle and high schools, too.
During the 2010-11 school year, nearly 48 percent of students in grades 7 through 12 in the United States said they experienced sexual harassment, according to a new nationally representative study by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) which I co-authored. Additionally, nearly one in three students (28 percent) said they had witnessed harassment that school year.
The forms of sexual harassment most often cited by students included someone