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Stuart D Neilson Aug 29, 2023

"Almost all instances of #teacher-to-#student #SexualHarassment take place on the #school grounds – indicating that there may be a #culture of #acceptance in some schools across the #UK and #Ireland."

"When heads of school dismiss reports of inappropriate behaviour as “#TroubleMaking” or “#exaggerations of #harmless behaviour” we tell teenagers that their feelings are not #valid and that schools will not #listen to their concerns."

Kate Dawson in @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/29/teacher-student-harassment-uk-ireland

Teachers’ sexual harassment of students is widespread in the UK and Ireland – here’s how to stop it

From commenting on a student’s appearance to asking them out, teachers are either oblivious or know they can get away with it, says Kate Dawson of the University of Greenwich

The Guardian

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Stuart D Neilson

@guardian Full Report "An Exploratory Study on Teacher Perpetrated Sexual Misconduct in Irish and UK Secondary Schools" by Kate Dawson, Siobhán Healy-Cullen, Pádraig MacNeela and Richard de Visser:

https://docs.gre.ac.uk/rep/faculty-of-education-and-health/an-exploratory-study-on-teacher-perpetrated-sexual-misconduct-in-irish-and-uk-secondary-schools

An Exploratory Study on Teacher Perpetrated Sexual Misconduct in Irish and UK Secondary Schools | Documents | University of Greenwich

University of Greenwich

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Stuart D Neilson Aug 29, 2023

@guardian According to @CSOIreland young people leaving #school in #Ireland now are more likely to report sexual violence in #childhood (#CSA) than their parents, and three times as likely to report #SexualViolence in childhood as their grandparents.

#ChildhoodSexualAbuse is not only historic. It is current, and possibly more frequent now than under the residential institutions and religious orders.

Listen to children.

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-svsmr/sexualviolencesurvey2022mainresults/childhoodexperiences/