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Sexual harassment, gender stereotypes prevalent among youth

By Corrie Wilder, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication PULLMAN, Wash. – Young women enrolled in high schools and colleges told Washington State University researchers that people routinely make sexual comments, both in-person and online, about them and their bodies.

Men’s magazine article associated with sexual aggression

By Darin Watkins, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication PULLMAN, Wash. – A recent article in Men’s Fitness magazine, “How to Turn a ‘No’ into a ‘Yes,’ ” has attracted angry messages on Twitter from readers who argue this approach encourages men to be sexually coercive. Research at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication […]

Online course convenient, free

The Military Science Department was first on the WSU Pullman campus to require all faculty and staff to take the online Preventing Sexual Harassment training course.Lt. Col. Jeff Baker, chair of the department, noted that the course was similar to the annual harassment prevention training provided by the U.S. Army. “This training is preventative and […]

More sexual harassment sanctions

WSU’s discrimination and sexual harassment policy has been revamped into two policies, a new one to cover consensual relations. The drafts detail more potential sanctions for offenders and guidelines for selecting sanctions and reporting incidents.The university community is invited to comment until Sept. 30 on the drafts, which were prepared by a committee of the […]