Pervasive Vulnerabilities ─ Sexual Harassment in School

"Sexual harassment" is defined in Title IX of the Equal Opportunity in Education Act. Rahimi (adolescent and adult learning, Armstrong Atlantic State U., Savannah, GA) and Liston (curriculum, foundations, and reading, Georgia Southern U.) present the experiences of girls in middle and high school from their research into the long term effects of labeling young women with adverse sexual labels. They discuss the history of this pervasive problem, teachers' role in perpetuating it, media and youth culture, and current discourse on sexism, bullying, cyber- bullying, and sexual orientation. The text includes a summary chart of the study participants and findings. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Regina Rahimi is an assistant professor in the Department of Adolescent and Adult Learning at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. She is a former middle school teacher, and her research interests include issues of gender, race, sexuality, and class in education as well as adolescent literacy.
Delores D. Liston graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a PhD in curriculum and educational foundations. She is a professor at Georgia Southern University in the Department of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading.