Recently I told my “ best friend” that I might be non-binary and she goes oh u want to be bi. Like how did u get that idea. So she goes and tells everyone and I’m pissed u know. So news travels fast and some boy starts faking being sick around me and saying that he’s ilergic ( I cant spell) to bis. So fast forward to a week later 2 more boys are doing it worse of all my so called best friend treats me like dirt and sides with the kid. My mom went full mama bear when I told her. Fast forward 1 week the kid expelled and the other suspended. Now me and my so called best friend aren’t together or talking anymore I’m glad to be away from someone toxic like her

Very simple. For women - be loud, be vocal and be adamant. Stand your ground and exclaim loudly, in class or wherever, for all to hear. Scream it loud and proud. Don’t touch me. Get away from me. I’m not sitting next to this guy keep him away from me. There is nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. How does being victimized cause guilt? I can’t understand that. Ruin his life. Shame him into obscurity. How dare he think it’s ok or that he should be able to get away with it. I have daughters. I’ll be damned if I let them think they should be silent about anything. F**k that and f**k anyone who thinks otherwise.

This is just wrong. Report him to someone other than the school, they would defenitley care more.

I grew up in the '90s in a small town in Romania. Back then, things like these happened on a daily basis. Boys were lifting girls' skirts, touching their intimate parts, etc. I was one of the first to develop curves in my class and the first victim. I reported them to the teachers and my parents got involved. The answer was "kids will be kids". It didn't stop until I started fighting back, hard. I will never forget the humiliation. I hope things changed since then. Education starts at home.

Sexual harassment in school should be illegal! Like bullying should be illegal,too. School officials should step in, and if they had, that young girl who was killed, would be alive! Let parents know, that if their child is sexually harassing another student, or bullying mentally or verbally or physically, they will be kicked out of school! No law suit, as the rules were made clear to parents and students. If they fight, the teachers will break it up, and the instigator will be expelled. And the family of the victim will be able and should, file charges. In the case of sexual harassment, the same rules should apply! Verbally harass, write notes or physically harrasss a student, hey get expelled. The victims family can and should file charges, and no victim will face further harassment for doing so, from any other students! This makes it easier for kids to report it, and teachers to do something about it, without fear of reprisal! Teacher student sexual or bullying harassment cont.

I think its important to have conversations with our children when they are old enough to understand sexual concepts about the appropriate reactions for these kinds of situations. We need to empower young people/children/even adults to not be afraid to "make a scene" when made to feel uncomfortable and especially when there is physical contact made. I feel like many people react how this young women did, laughing nervously, trying to dissipate the uncomfortable feelings of the situation, but what really what needs to happen is a the victim needs to boldly and loudly voice their protest for everyone around to hear. This is the appropriate reaction to sexual harassment of any kind and it makes the perpetrator feel embarrassed, called out and gets other people involved in the immediate situation. Teach young people that they do not have to be polite in these kinds of situations.

In the old days if a young man got 'too fresh,' i.e. put his hands somewhere he shouldn't, the girl would slap his face and loudly proclaim, "How dare you!" Ladies, maybe it's time to pull this old custom out of the past and start applying it today. It exposes the cad immediately and who knows, maybe we can bring back good-old-fashioned shame to curb these pushy fools.

It is about time that girls are saved from acquiring the "we-have-to-keep-quiet-about-what-the-creep-is-doing" complex. It is mainly up to their FATHERS to teach them not to allow such behaviour, because hearing it from a man protects them from taking feminazi accusations to heart.

I know this site is frequented by people all over the world, but if you live in the US, your school is LEGALLY REQUIRED under Title IX to: (1) investigate your complaint, (2) stop any unlawful harassment, (3) prevent its recurrence, (4) remedy any harm that resulted from the harassment, and (5) protect you from retaliation. For more info go to https://www.knowyourix.org/

I live in a small city in California with a population ranging from middle-middle class to very wealthy. I read this story in our local paper about a year ago: An 8th-grade girl in one of our four K-8 schools was repeatedly sexually harassed by one boy, who touched her breasts, rubbed against her, etc. The girl and her parents reported the incidents to the principal several times, but nothing was done – the boy was not questioned or punished in any way. The girl and this boy were about to graduate to the city’s high school. The girl and her parents knew that the pattern of harassment / school administration doing nothing would continue for the next four years, which would have been intolerable. They moved out of the city so she could attend another high school. So the girl was punished for the boy’s crimes by having to leave all the friends she had made during her elementary school years.

If the pr*cks who run that school don't listen, talk to the police, talk to women's rights groups - talk to anybody who will listen! The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Well, in Eastern Europe this case would be solved quickly: if the guy does not understand clear "NO" he will be beaten till he cannot raise his hands anymore.

That dude would've gotten a knee to the groin faster than he could reach out for a feel. Just TRY to put your hands on me! Maybe then...the school would do something about it...

oh my GAWD..are you some 17th century maiden? Are we STILL raising girls to be people pleasers that can't say no, stop, or God forbid just ignore rude people? The guy shows you an inappropriate picture, you say (now this is complicated and hard) "That's gross, why would you show me that?" then you don't continue to talk to him, you don't have intimate one on one conversations with guys that you feel weird around. YOU HAVE POWER, you are not helpless, depending on others for your feelings. No one can MAKE you feel anything OWN your own feelings. You laughed at the obscenity, continued to be friendly and are feeling all oppressed because HE didn't understand what you were feeling and hiding from him.

I bet he was already suspended from another school, that's why he came a few months later.

I'm not at all surprised that the school didn't do anything. It's like the "zero tolerance for bullying" stance - it really just means that the teachers just pretend it isn't happening and refuse to hear any evidence to the contrary. My step-granddaughter go in trouble for punching a bully who was constantly pulling her hair and pinching her. He got off scot-free despite doing it constantly to numerous other kids.

I don't think this is really sexual harassment, but it is a violation of personal space: A few months ago, I was walking to my locker and a boy thought it'd be funny to grab the part of my backpack that you put on the hook and then pull me back with it. I told a teacher about it later that day, she said "I'm not trying to excuse his behavior, but maybe he's just trying to be playful."

I had similar at school but in my day it was "oh it's just boys being boys". Very sad and angry for me! I learned as adult, any time it serious, write letter! And send to person and cc news station. Or this day and age, put on social media with friends who have same issue and name guilty party. (School in this case.) Then hashtag the issue and @ the news. Will get school attention then!

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You are right Carol. But I just can’t stand it that sexual harassment against girls and boys is even tolerated! Especially if there is a witness. I wish it were easier to tell whose lying and whose not. In a better world....

Is illegal, and the teacher should be put on paid leave until the incident is investigated, there should be a monetary bond placed on their suspension that if they skip, they lose that money, and if they are caught in the act, or pictures or letters are presented at time of report, then the teacher should be arrested,ASAP. Like they are. We need to make our schools and children safe! What happened to doing this?

While I appreciate what BP is trying with these videos, I hope they'll be careful to not become too preachy. They'll undo themselves if they don't watch their tone, or if they don't include issues faced by a wider range of demographics.

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This is entirely partly the girls fault. Not victem blaming but simple psychological fact. Not stopping his initial advances and letting him get away with some actions only encourage such behavior. School not doing s**t don't surprise me much. With such males who embody the cliche "men/males/boys only want one thing" they won't comprehend f*****g s**t until you make it clear or kick them in the balls. It's just how it is

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Okay, how old is this "classmate" of yours? I had one who kept pulling his pants down in front of the class, he was 10, we just laughed at him, also another one tried to "rape" me and he was 16, gave him a headbutt and broke his glasses. These boys are just frustrated/developing their identities (in a very bad way, though), but jees, doens't have to be this tragic. There will always be workers for ex. who are jerks enough to whistle after you, you don't have to get a heartattack each time. Eather come up with some sarcastic comeback, or have a pepper spray with you and learn to use it...on the right spot.