Boys increasingly report they are the targets of such harassment, while the number of reports from girls has remained steady compared to a survey from 1993. Four out of five students responding to the survey commissioned by the American Association of University Women said they felt some type of sexual harassment in school, describing incidents ranging from innuendo and unwanted groping, to forced removal of clothing.
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Since the group's first report, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of students responding that they know about school policies against such harassment. But the numbers suggest the rules have had little impact curbing the unwanted behavior. Seventy percent of schools have policies against sexual harassment, versus just 26 percent in 1993. Ninety-six percent of the students polled said they know what harassment is. Boys and girls defined the behavior similarly.