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The Effects of Sexual Harassment |
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Students/K-12
| |
Percent Females
|
Percent Males
|
| Educational |
|
|
| Not wanting to go to school |
33
|
12
|
| Not wanting to talk as much in class |
32
|
13
|
| Finding it hard to pay attention in school |
28
|
13
|
| Staying home from school or cutting class |
24
|
7
|
| Making a lower grade on a test or paper |
23
|
9
|
| Finding it hard to study |
22
|
9
|
| Making a lower grade in class |
20
|
6
|
| Thinking about changing schools |
18
|
6
|
| Doubting whether you have what it takes to graduate from high school |
5
|
4
|
| |
|
|
| Emotional |
|
|
| Feeling embarassed |
64
|
36
|
| Feeling self-conscious |
52
|
21
|
| Being less sure of yourself or less confident |
43
|
14
|
| Feeling afraid or scared |
39
|
8
|
| Doubting whether you can have a happy romantic relationship |
30
|
12
|
| Feeling confused about who you are |
25
|
9
|
| Feeling less popular |
18
|
13
|
| Feeling more popular |
8
|
16
|
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|
|
| Behavioral |
|
|
| Avoiding the person who bothered/harassed you |
69
|
27
|
| Staying away from particular places in school or on the school grounds |
34
|
12
|
| Changing your seat in class to get farther away from someone |
31
|
12
|
| Stopping attending a particular activity or sport |
17
|
6
|
| Changing your group of friends |
14
|
6
|
| Changing the way you come home from school |
14
|
6
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Source: AAUW (June, 1993). Hostile Hallways: The AAUW Survey on Sexual Harassement in America's Schools. Washington, D.C.: AAUW Educational Foundation, pp. 15-18.
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