Sexual Harassment: The Double Standard

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Sexual Harassment: The Double Standard

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1barney67
Modifié : Fév 19, 2016, 10:54 am

Lost in the noise are some interesting facts. The number of female teachers who have affairs with, seduce, or otherwise sexually abuse male students. And so on from Wikipedia (direct quoting):

Dr. Jeff Brown, a psychologist who treats female sex offenders stated, "There is definitely a double standard....The impact they have is significant on their victims and sometimes we don’t regard the impact in a similar way as we do men."

Moreover, female teachers who sexually harass or abuse students are consistently given significantly lighter punishments or reprimands than males who engage in exactly the same behaviors. Some are never exposed at all.

In some states in the U.S., sexual relations between a woman and an underage male did not even constitute statutory rape until the 1970s. Many assert that most boys would be happy to have a teacher show sexual interest in them. (However) In the long term, experts have suggested that victims experience issues with depression, addiction, and age-appropriate relationships.

American Association of University Women (AAUW) reported:

8-11th grade
• 83% of girls have been sexually harassed
• 78% of boys have been sexually harassed

College:
• 62% of female college students have been sexually harassed
• 61% of male college students have been sexually harassed

In late 2006/early 2007 a study revealed that more than 20% of all boys had been harassed by a female student. In 15% of all cases the girl admitted to sexually harassing the boy and asserted the reasons of "I thought it was funny" and "I'm not doing any harm, it's what he wanted."

Wikipedia

2krazy4katz
Juin 19, 2016, 10:24 pm

Interestingly (and sadly) I was just reading an article about a female yoga teacher who harassed her female students. Of course there have been many articles about leading male yoga teachers as well. There is a rumor that Bikram has left this country for India. Too many harassment lawsuits.

People in positions of power, whether male or female, should be held to a rigid standard of ethics.

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