Guidance for Student Peer Sexual Harassment? Not!

1998 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
Daniel G. McBride
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Peer Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment in School: The Public Performance of Gendered Violence

1995 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Stein
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Peer Sexual Harassment ◽  
Public Performance ◽  
Gendered Violence ◽  
Court Records ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mixed Messages

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.

Risk Factors for Peer Sexual Harassment in Schools

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1169-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Fineran ◽  
Rebecca M. Bolen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Peer Sexual Harassment

33. Peer Sexual Harassment and Sex Motives: A Gendered Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. S31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila K. Marshall ◽  
Elizabeth Saewyc
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Peer Sexual Harassment

Peer sexual harassment and disordered eating in early adolescence.

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 184-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Petersen ◽  
Janet S. Hyde
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Peer Sexual Harassment

The “Special Relationship” Doctrine and School Officials’ Duty to Protect Students from Peer Sexual Harassment

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-443
Author(s):  
David P. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Special Relationship ◽  
Peer Sexual Harassment ◽  
School Officials ◽  
Federal Constitution ◽  
Peer Harassment ◽  
Compulsory Attendance ◽  
Federal Constitutional ◽  
Duty To Protect

Students who allege to be victims of peer-inflicted sexual harassment have increasingly relied on the “special relationship” doctrine to attempt to hold school officials individually liable under federal constitutional law for failing to protect students from peer harassment. Applied to schools, student plaintiffs generally argue that compulsory attendance laws create a “special relationship” between students and school officials, thereby placing on school officials an affirmative duty to protect students from harassment as a violation of students’ due process rights under the federal constitution. Primarily through the review of case law, this doctrine is examined as it applies to school officials’ duty to protect students from peer sexual harassment. This examination determined that the special relationship claim has been and will likely continue to be an ineffective avenue for students to redress peer sexual harassment claims; however, due to other legal developments briefly mentioned, school officials are advised not to disregard peer harassment claims.

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