Sexual Harassment is a serious offense and should not be taken likely. People all over the world sexually harass people. Men, Women, Boys and Girls are all suspects to accuse of it. In this report it will be talking about how people's self-esteem and emotional feelings will be affected by it. It also will tell what a person should do if they find themselves being sexually harassed. .
1. After one has been sexually harassed they may feel several things such as embarrassed, self-conscious, less confident and or afraid. They could feel that they will never have a romantic relationship and also they feel confused about who they really are and think themselves less popular then the rest of there classmates. Many times the person that was sexually harassed do not feel as if they are capable of dealing with the problem which may led to a feeling of self-worth and then affect other areas of there life (Nash 72).
2. When a student at school has been sexually harassed they may change many things of what they do for example the student may try and avoid the person or people that are sexually harassing them, they try and avoid certain areas of the school, change where they sit in the classroom to get farther away from the person, they may start becoming friends with new people that they haven't been with before and they also may change the way that they get to and from school. The reason that the person now does all this is because they are afraid if they don't that the harassment will continue (Nash 74).
3. The educational effects that occur while being sexual harassed are sometimes tremendous. The person may not want to attend school, cut class, get poor grades on test, let there grades drop, think about going to a new school and may even go to a new school. The littlest interruption on a person during school can play huge factors in the way they graduate and how well they do in school. In the long term it can affect all of your family because after your grades start to drop your parents might either get worried about you or mad at you un-knowing that you are being sexually harassed (Nash 74).
