Define sexual harassment and discuss in detail how widespread this form of behavior has become on college campuses in the United States

Answer 1

All forms of sexual harassment or unwanted sexual attention—from the display of pornographic photos to the use of sexual obscenities to a demand for sex by anyone in a position of power or authority—are illegal. They nonetheless occur on college campuses and elsewhere.
• Nearly two-thirds of students experience sexual harassment at some point during college, including nearly one-third of first-year students.
• Nearly one-third of students say they have experienced physical harassment, such as being touched, grabbed, or pinched in a sexual way.
• Sexual comments and jokes are the most common form of harassment. More than half of female students and nearly half of male students say they have experienced this type of harassment.
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students, as well as those with physical disabilities such as deafness, are more likely than other students to be sexually harassed.
• Sexual harassment takes an especially heavy toll on female students, who often feel upset, self-conscious, embarrassed, or angry. Men are much less likely to admit to being very or somewhat upset. One-third of harassed college women say they have felt afraid; one-fifth say they have been disappointed in their college experience as a result of sexual harassment.
• About half of college men and one-third of women admit that they have sexually harassed someone on campus. Private college students are more likely than their public college peers to have ever done so. Students at large schools (population 10,000 or more) are more likely than students at small schools with fewer than 5,000 students to say they have experienced sexual harassment.
• The most common rationale for harassment is "I thought it was funny.". Harassment occurs in dorms or student housing as well as outside on campus.