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Sexual harassment in education
Sexual harassment in education is an unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that interferes with a student's ability to learn, study, work or participate in school activities. Sexual harassment encompasses a range of behavior from mild annoyances to sexual assault and rape. As committed by teachers, it is often framed as "sex for grades" and has attracted media attention throughout the world, partly in connection with the #MeToo movement.
In their 2000 survey on 2064 students in 8th through 11th grade, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) reported:
In their recent study (AAUW 2006) on sexual harassment at colleges and universities, the AAUW claimed that while both men and women were targets of sexual harassment, "women are disproportionately negatively affected."
In the "Report Card on Gender Equity," the NCWGE that 30 percent of undergraduate students, and 40 percent of graduate students, have been sexually harassed. (NCWGE, 1997)
In the United States, sexual harassment is a form of discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
In November 2025, Bloomberg’s Katherine Griffith published an article informed by interviews with almost 50 people exposing that the University of Oxford had failed women over harassment concerns. The article described how at least seven women had left their academic studies at Oxford because of harassment, and others described suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Other media publications followed, a number of men were named as perpetrators of sexual harassment, and their stories were linked with previous reports about sexual harassment (in particular, a 2021 investigation detailing how Oxford professors abused their positions with sexist and drunken conduct). These articles and reports sparked a conversation about predation at Oxford and the shortcoming of the University’s handling of these cases.
Miles Hewston
Miles Hewston is a prominent social psychologist who has advised the UK government and held the honorific title of Emeritus Fellow at New College. He was described by Bloomberg as “having touched, bullied, and made unwanted sexual advances to multiple female students and junior academics working under him during his 18 years at Oxford.” Hewstone would turn up at women’s homes unannounced and dropped his trousers in their presence, touched women inappropriately, made comments about having relationships with colleagues and students, and described himself as a “bad boy”. Five people said they left Oxford to get away from him. When women made complaints about him, the University offered little to no support.
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Sexual harassment in education
Sexual harassment in education is an unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that interferes with a student's ability to learn, study, work or participate in school activities. Sexual harassment encompasses a range of behavior from mild annoyances to sexual assault and rape. As committed by teachers, it is often framed as "sex for grades" and has attracted media attention throughout the world, partly in connection with the #MeToo movement.
In their 2000 survey on 2064 students in 8th through 11th grade, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) reported:
In their recent study (AAUW 2006) on sexual harassment at colleges and universities, the AAUW claimed that while both men and women were targets of sexual harassment, "women are disproportionately negatively affected."
In the "Report Card on Gender Equity," the NCWGE that 30 percent of undergraduate students, and 40 percent of graduate students, have been sexually harassed. (NCWGE, 1997)
In the United States, sexual harassment is a form of discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
In November 2025, Bloomberg’s Katherine Griffith published an article informed by interviews with almost 50 people exposing that the University of Oxford had failed women over harassment concerns. The article described how at least seven women had left their academic studies at Oxford because of harassment, and others described suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Other media publications followed, a number of men were named as perpetrators of sexual harassment, and their stories were linked with previous reports about sexual harassment (in particular, a 2021 investigation detailing how Oxford professors abused their positions with sexist and drunken conduct). These articles and reports sparked a conversation about predation at Oxford and the shortcoming of the University’s handling of these cases.
Miles Hewston
Miles Hewston is a prominent social psychologist who has advised the UK government and held the honorific title of Emeritus Fellow at New College. He was described by Bloomberg as “having touched, bullied, and made unwanted sexual advances to multiple female students and junior academics working under him during his 18 years at Oxford.” Hewstone would turn up at women’s homes unannounced and dropped his trousers in their presence, touched women inappropriately, made comments about having relationships with colleagues and students, and described himself as a “bad boy”. Five people said they left Oxford to get away from him. When women made complaints about him, the University offered little to no support.