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Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is unwanted sexual behavior. It may take different forms:

Physical contact:unwanted grabbing, poking, tickling, pinching on any part of the body

Verbal:Sexual name calling like whore, slut, gay, fag... this also includes making fun of some bodies body like calling someone fat or flat chested.

Exposure:Having a body part (such as genitalia) shown to you that you did not want to see

Jokes: making sexual jokes at or about you, sexual rumor spreading i.e "she had sex with him"

Propositions:continuing to ask you out even though you said no

Threats: threatening employment or to share a secret about you if you don't do what someone wants

These are just SOME examples of Sexual Harassment. This by no means covers all of them. If you have a question about whether or not something is harassing speak to an adult you trust or call our 24 hour hotline: 1-866-841-6229

Sex/Gender does not matter with sexual harassment; the harasser and victim can be either male of female and they do not have to be opposite sexes. A male calling another male gay is a form of sexual harassment. The harasser can be either another teenager or an adult.

Flirting is normal in adolescents but sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between flirting and hurting. This list might help and remember the most important piece of sexual harassment is how the recipient feels about it. (NOTE: An adult flirting with a teenager is NEVER ok.)

         

                                                      If You Are Being Sexually Harassed... You Are Not Alone.


81% of students will experience some form of sexual harassment
27% will experience it often
85% percent of students report that students harass other students at their schools
40% of students report that faculty and staff of the schools sexually harass students
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