Effects of Sexual Harassment in Education
In their 2006 report, "Drawing the Line" the AAUW found physical and emotional effects from sexual harassment on female students:
- 68% of female students felt very or somewhat upset by sexual harassment they experienced;
- 6% were not at all upset.
- 57% of female students who have been sexually harassed reported feeling self-conscious or embarrassed
- 55% of female students who have been sexually harassed reported feeling angry.
- 32% of female students who have been sexually harassed reported feeling afraid or scared.
The AAUW also found that sexual harassment affects academics and achievement:
"Students experience a wide range of effects from sexual harassment that impact their academics including: have trouble sleeping, loss of appetite, decreased participation in class, avoid a study group, think about changing schools, change schools, avoid the library, change major, not gone to a professor/ teaching assistant’s office hours. Students may experience multiple effects or just one. The wide range of experiences lowers the percentage of students who experience any particular effect."
- 16% of female students who have been sexually harassed found it hard to study or pay attention in class.
- 9% of female students dropped a course or skipped a class in response to sexual harassment.
- 27% of female students stay away from particular buildings or places on campus as a result of sexual harassment.
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