It Happens Here, Too: Sexual Harassment and Child Sexual Abuse in Elementary and Secondary Schools by Nan Stein - 1993In this chapter I will define and describe sexual harassment in
schools as it occurs between students and between staff and students.
I will demonstrate that sexual harassment is a rampant yet largely unrecognized problem with deleterious effects on its subjects/victims.
(The words "subject/victim" will be used in tandem when referring
to the subject or recipient of unwanted attention: "subject" to indicate
that anyone can be a subject of such attention, and "victim" because it
is a legal notion, albeit often with paralyzing psychosocial consequences.)
I will chronicle the reckless indifference manifested by
school administrators toward this problem in schools, and I will then
conclude with proposals for action and intervention at various levels.  View Full Text in PDF Format| This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 92, No. 1. |
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