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The Saturation- and Dose-Dependent Effects of a Teen Sexual Harassment Prevention Program: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial

2024-03-27T10:11:39-04:00

Using a randomized controlled trial, the researchers investigated changes in both sexual harassment (SH) perpetration and victimization of 2104 middle school students in New York City who received divergent saturation and dosage levels of Shifting Boundaries, an SH prevention program, which was represented by the length of the program. They assessed the saturation effect of the program by comparing the outcomes across respondents from 26 schools in which there were varying percentages of students enrolled in the program.

The data suggested that, overall, the program was effective in reducing sexual harassment victimization but achieved a null effect against respondents' SH perpetration and that neither the length nor the school-saturation level of the program exerted a significant effect on SH perpetration. Although the data indicated a significant difference in SH victimization between the treatment and control group, when comparing subgroups who received treatment with divergent saturation and dosage levels, no statistically significant difference was identified.

These results suggested that the program effect was not contingent on the portion of students in a school who enrolled in the program, nor was it contingent on the dosage.

Reflections, research, and implications of decades of activism by educators to create a movement to address sexual harassment in K-12 schools in the United States

2022-10-07T15:57:04-04:00

In this article, Stein and Taylor chronicle the history of the movement to address sexual harassment in K-12 schools, from their unique perspective on the front lines.

The social movement to address sexual harassment in K-12 schools in the United States traces its development to the larger women’s rights movement in the late 1970s. It was an outgrowth of the work of feminist activists who protested and filed lawsuits to draw attention to sexual harassment in the workplace, as an issue of equity for working women. The focus on sexual harassment in K-12 schools did not begin as an academic pursuit or with an emphasis on research, but as an activist movement to rectify injustices.

Stein and Taylor document the unwritten history of this social movement by examining the early roots of the work to address and prevent sexual harassment in K-12 schools. They focus specifically on those who worked in the education field, whether at the state level in the state education bureaucracy or at the local level in school districts across the U.S.

The article looks not only backward but forward, emphasizing the need for current and future researchers to be reflective about their work, to maintain its feminist and gendered perspective, and to ensure research is translated into accessible language so that it is not limited to academic circles.

Do schools normalise sexual harassment? An analysis of a legal case regarding sexual harassment in a Swedish high school

2019-12-11T11:16:11-05:00

Sexual harassment has become so frequent and ubiquitous in schools that these behaviours have become normalised and expected. In order to prevent the re-enactment and perpetuation of this problem, it is important to explore processes that contribute to its existence. Dr. Gådin and Dr. Stein use a high school sexual harassment lawsuit in Sweden as a case study to illustrate ways that might explain how sexual harassment is normalised at the organizational level.

Obscuring Gender-Based Violence: Marriage Promotion and Teen Dating Violence Research

2016-07-21T15:01:39-04:00

This article discusses the idea that U.S. public policies tend to focus on promoting marriage and healthy relationships rather than researching and educating citizens about gender-based violence in teen dating relationships. Violence between intimate partners and teens is prevalent and affects women and girls more than it does men. When public policy doesn't recognize the gender aspect of violence, it shifts the focus away from the safety and well-being of women and girls.

Advancing the Status of Women & Girls, Families & Communities: Policy Recommendations for the Next U.S. President - Sexual Harassment & Sexual Violence in K-12 Schools

2016-09-26T10:33:14-04:00

Assessing different levels and dosages of the Shifting Boundaries intervention to prevent youth dataing violence in New York City middle schools: A randomized control trial

2016-07-14T16:34:28-04:00

Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault

2016-07-14T15:48:29-04:00

Is It Bullying or Sexual Harassment? Knowledge, Attitudes, and Professional Development Experiences of Middle School Staff

2016-01-11T17:15:08-05:00

Abstract: This study fills a gap in the literature by examining how school staff members view bullying and sexual harassment and their role in preventing both. Given recent legislation, increasingly more attention is paid to bully prevention; however, student-on-student sexual harassment is less addressed. Four focus groups were conducted with 32 staff members from 4 midwestern public middle schools. Questions assessed professional development opportunities on bullying and sexual harassment prevention/intervention, personal definitions of these behaviors, and their perceptions of school norms regarding such behavior. Staff members recalled receiving more professional development on bullying than sexual harassment. They tended to define sexual harassment as something that occurs between adults and/or adults and students and did perceive their role in enforcing a "sexual harassment-free" peer-to-peer school zone. When school administrators fail to provide professional development on both bullying and sexual harassment, staff members do not understand that sexual harassment occurs between students. Thus, they are unaware of policies to protect students from harmful experiences in educational settings and are not likely to understand their own role in preventing them.

Middle school sexual harassment, violence and social networks

2016-08-11T17:03:44-04:00

This article discusses a study performed on 113 middle school students on the topic of sexual harassment and peer violence. The study found that, among these students, the percentage of those who were victims and those who were perpetrators were similar for boys and girls. The study also found that sexual harassment and peer violence was more prevalent in boys.

White House VAWA Resources

2016-07-14T15:58:46-04:00

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