Boys CAN be sexually harassed by girls.Yes, they can, and the June 1993 Harris Poll, commissioned by the AAUW Foundation, found that 57% if boys who have been harassed have been targeted by a girl, 35% by a group of girls.
The kinds of examples boys give include comments on the size of their private parts, jokes about the extent of their sexual experience, being called "gay", and unwanted grabbing of their butts.
Despite permission from the law, boys may be less likely to name behaviors as "unwanted or unwelcome" because of social and cultural pressures.
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Excerpted by permission from: Flirting or Hurting? A Teacher's Guide on Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment in Schools (grades 6 through 12) by Nan Stein and Lisa Sjostrom
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