Graduation Date
1996
Document Type
Thesis
Program
Master of Arts degree with a major in Sociology
Committee Chair Name
Dr. Elizabeth Watson
Committee Chair Affiliation
Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
Dr. Judith K. Little
Third Committee Member Name
Dr. Pearl Oliner
Fourth Committee Member Name
Dr. John P. Turner
Keywords
Sociology
Subject Categories
Sociology
Abstract
Sexual harassment in the work place and on college campuses has been acknowledged for some time, but its prevalence in high schools and junior high schools has only recently come to light. Reports of student-to-student gender harassment by school-aged children are often dismissed as teasing. The lack of response leaves victims feeling isolated and unsafe. Gender harassment is placed on a sexual violence continuum, revealing it to be a patterned, systematic form of oppression based on gender. The effects of gender harassment, as experienced by the targets, with regard to the definition of self and autonomy are discussed. A model for a mediated confrontation between the harasser and the target is presented.
Recommended Citation
Falcone, Cynthia A., "The Politics of Puberty: Gender Harassment in the Schools" (1996). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 2400.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/2400