RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sexual Harassment in School: The Public Performance of Gendered Violence
JF Harvard Educational Review
JO herp
FD Harvard Educational Press
SP 145
OP 163
DO 10.17763/haer.65.2.7080h5t354300557
VO 65
IS 2
A1 Stein, Nan
YR 1995
UL http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/65/2/145.abstract
AB In this article, Nan Stein argues that sexual harassment in schools is a form of gendered violence that often happens in the public arena. She presents the narratives of girls and boys about their experience of sexual harassment in schools and finds parallels with cases documented in court records and depositions. While highly publicized lawsuits and civil rights cases may have increased public awareness of the issue, inconsistent findings have sent educators mixed messages about ways of dealing with peer-to-peer sexual harassment. The antecedents of harassment, she suggests, are found in teasing and bullying, behaviors tacitly accepted by parents and teachers. Stein makes a case for deliberate adult intervention and the inclusion of a curriculum in schools that builds awareness of these issues.