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Tools for Teens to Call Out Sexual Violence
A sex ed teacher talks about how young people can try to keep themselves safe from sexual assault and be allies to others.
Credit.Franziska Barczyk
April 13, 2021, 4:57 p.m. ET
I was making lunch when my 17-year-old son sat down at the kitchen table. “Hey Mom, is this real?” he asked, and showed me an Instagram post that read: “
97% of young women have experienced sexual harassment. If you are surprised, then you’re probably not listening.”
I asked to take a closer look and he handed me his phone. The statistic wasn’t completely accurate but it was close. It was pulled from a British study that found that among women aged 18 to 24, 86 percent had been harassed in public spaces, 3 percent didn’t recall ever having experienced sexually harassing behavior, and 11 percent chose not to answer the question. There was more to the post; when I swiped left, it demanded: