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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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1361-1378
Number of pages18
JournalViolence Against Women
Volume27
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2021

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Keywords

  • bullying
  • gender
  • sexual harassment
  • sexual minority youth
  • sexual violence
  • stalking
  • victimization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gender Studies
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Law

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