Every year approximately 683,000 adult woman are raped, according to The National Woman Studies, 1990. Every hour 78 women are raped, and every minute 1.3 rapes occur on adult woman. .
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Not only are women victims of alleged rape, men and children also experience rape. There is rape harassment everywhere these days. There is sexual harassment in the schools, in prison, and also in the homes between marital and child abuse rape acts.
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First, I want to talk bout the sexual harassment going on in schools everywhere. Schools may well be training grounds for domestic violence through the practice of and permission given to the public performance of sexual harassment. Peer-to peer sexual harassment is rampant in elementary and secondary schools across the country. Yet, when educators and policy makers consider interventions to curb youth violence, they usually overlook gender violence. This oversight exists despite the growing recognition of the problems of teen dating violence, bullying, and domestic violence.
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When gender violence is acknowledged in K-12 schools, staff members from rape crisis center and battered women's shelters are frequently asked to make presentations in classrooms on teen dating violence, date rape, battering, and sexual harassment. While these requests represent new opportunities for these organizations, a gap exists between what these agency staff knows and does, and what the school staff retains and teaches to the students afterwards. Moreover, there is often a cultural dissonance between the school's culture and protocols and those of the community-based organizations.
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Sexual harassment in school can take two forms. One form is Quid pro quo, meaning "this for that". For example a teacher can tell a student that giving sexual advances depends on their grade. Hostile environment sexual harassment occurs when there is unwelcome sexual conduct such as touching, teasing, name-calling, sexual posters, pictures or jokes, which create an atmosphere that negatively impacts a student's daily routine.
