Sexual Minority High School Boys’ and Girls’ Risk of Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Bullying

Annelise Mennicke; Heather M. Bush; Candace Brancato; Ann L. Coker

doi:10.1177/1077801220937811

Sexual Minority High School Boys’ and Girls’ Risk of Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Bullying

Annelise Mennicke, Heather M. Bush, Candace Brancato, Ann L. Coker

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We report the prevalence and number of violent events of sexual violence, sexual harassment, stalking, and bullying experienced among sexual minority girls, sexual minority boys, heterosexual girls, and heterosexual boys. We conducted covariate-adjusted analyses of variance on 16,243 high school youth from 13 schools in Kentucky. Sexual minority boys and girls and heterosexual girls had higher rates of all forms of violence compared with heterosexual boys, but rates of violence between sexual minority girls and boys were statistically equivalent. Prevention and intervention programs must incorporate elements of minority stress theory to disrupt heterosexist norms that contribute to violence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1361-1378
Number of pages	18
Journal	Violence Against Women
Volume	27
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220937811
State	Published - Jul 2021

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Keywords

bullying
gender
sexual harassment
sexual minority youth
sexual violence
stalking
victimization

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Sociology and Political Science
Law

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