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Article: Sexual harassment in the schools: Strategies for prevention
- Article from:
- Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Article date:
- July 1, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences Summer 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Abstract Sexual harassment is common in schools. This article provides a discussion of what constitutes sexual harassment for children and why children sexually harass each other. It also outlines the effects of sexual harassment on children. Strategies are presented for working toward the elimination of sexual harassment in schools and other environments.
Our interest in sexual harassment stemmed from newspaper accounts about children being accused of sexual harassment or suing school districts claiming they had been sexually harassed. Two instances involved elementary school children (Coles, 1996; "Kiss leads," 1996; Onishi, 1996). In one instance, a first grader was suspended for one ...