Star Observer Australia Homophobia Sexual harassment Star Observer Australia

25% Of Boys Face Homophobic Slurs In Australian Schools

Reading now: 482
starobserver.com.au

Over 40% of students in high schools in NSW have reported being subjected to sexual harassment, and a quarter of the male students said they were called homophobic slurs.A study of over 4,000 students found that male students were more likely to experience six out of nine forms of sexual harassment than female students.“Prior to our study, no study had provided prevalence estimates of sexual harassment among adolescents in Australia, although there were previous studies that indicated that it is a problem,” Xiaojing Lei, the lead researcher of the study, told Star Observer.“Our study was an overdue attempt to investigate how prevalent sexual harassment victimisation in Australian adolescents is by providing the first Australian prevalence.

Read more on starobserver.com.au
The website meaws.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

09.02 / 23:55
2020 Trans Transgender Shelley Luther: It’s not fair kids can’t bully trans students
Shelley Luther, in a file photo from April 2020 ( (LM Otero/Associated Press)
DMCA