Types of Sexual Harassment Experienced:
According to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) survey, the most frequently experienced types of sexual harassment found in school in grades 8–11 are:
"Sexual harassment is common at every stage of education. Verbal and physical harassment begins in elementary school, and 4 out of 5 children experience some form of sexual harassment or bullying. Eight out of 10 will experience this at some point in their school lives, and roughly 25 percent will experience this often. Boys are more likely to physically harass and bully others, or to be physically bullied themselves. Girls are more likely to use, and experience, verbal and psychological harassment and bullying. Six out of 10 students will experience some form of physical sexual harassment."
Where Does Sexual Harassment Occur?
"Of the 81 percent of the students in the AAUW survey who reported experiencing sexual harassment in school and the 52% of students in the Connecticut study who gave information on the most upsetting incident of sexual harassment that they had experienced these were the reported locations of the harassment."
"Hostile Hallways (AAUW, 1993) reports that a student’s first experience of sexual harassment is most likely to occur between 6th to 9th grade, with 7th grade being the most common: 40% of boys and 54% of girls who have been harassed fall into this group. 34% of girls and 32% of boys were first harassed before 7th grade. 42% of African American girls and 40% of Hispanic girls have been sexual harassed, compared with 31% of white girls."
"Hostile Hallways (AAUW, 1993) reports that a student’s first experience of sexual harassment is most likely to occur between 6th to 9th grade, with 7th grade being the most common: 40% of boys and 54% of girls who have been harassed fall into this group. 34% of girls and 32% of boys were first harassed before 7th grade. 42% of African American girls and 40% of Hispanic girls have been sexual harassed, compared with 31% of white girls."