NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

  • Written by Poco Kernsmith, Professor of Social Work, Wayne State University
imageSex education in some American high schools is evolving to include to curb sexual assaults.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

In the wake of sexual assault and harassment allegations involving Harvey Weinstein and Bill O'Reilly, Americans may be learning just how prevalent sexual violence is in our society.

So, what can be done to prevent it?

We have studied how...

Read more: Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

More Articles ...

  1. Will the AI jobs revolution bring about human revolt, too?
  2. Why were California's wine country fires so destructive?
  3. Soy bibliotecaria en Puerto Rico y sobreviví al Huracán María. Esta es mi historia.
  4. I'm a librarian in Puerto Rico, and this is my Hurricane Maria survival story
  5. The science of fright: Why we love to be scared
  6. Why Puerto Rico 'doesn't count' to the US government
  7. How the US tax code bypasses women entrepreneurs
  8. How the god you worship influences the ghosts you see
  9. Tricking and treating has a history
  10. How I discovered a wellspring of sexual harassment complaints
  11. Don't blame California wildfires on a 'perfect storm' of weather events
  12. Is it time for a Cyber Peace Corps?
  13. Dark matter: The mystery substance physics still can't identify that makes up the majority of our universe
  14. Martin Luther's spiritual practice was key to the success of the Reformation
  15. Why aren't we curing the world's most curable diseases?
  16. For cattle farmers in the Brazilian Amazon, money can't buy happiness
  17. The best way to deal with failure
  18. Will anyone protect the Rohingya?
  19. It's not just O'Reilly and Weinstein: Sexual violence is a 'global pandemic'
  20. The mental health toll of Puerto Rico's prolonged power outages
  21. Cosmic alchemy: Colliding neutron stars show us how the universe creates gold
  22. How companies can learn to root out sexual harassment
  23. California needs to rethink urban fire risk after wine country tragedy
  24. A new clue into treatments for triple negative breast cancer, a mean disease
  25. Rebooting the mathematics behind gerrymandering
  26. Is @realDonaldTrump addicted to Twitter?
  27. Are religious people more moral?
  28. The psychology of the clutch athlete
  29. Japan's vote for Abe could worsen prospects for peace with North Korea, China
  30. India outlawed commercial surrogacy – clinics are finding loopholes
  31. Our laws don't do enough to protect our health data
  32. Will Obamacare marketplaces suffer as open enrollment begins?
  33. Terrorist leaders in the Philippines are dead – will democracy be restored?
  34. In Central America, gangs like MS-13 are bad – but corrupt politicians may be worse
  35. The IRS targeting scandal was fake, but IRS budget woes are a real problem
  36. Does regulating artificial intelligence save humanity or just stifle innovation?
  37. Is local news on the cusp of a renaissance?
  38. Is marriage obsolete? 4 essential reads
  39. Breast cancer risk higher in western parts of time zones; is electric light to blame?
  40. Micro solutions for a macro problem: How marine algae could help feed the world
  41. In defense of cash: why we should bring back the $500 note and other big bills
  42. Why bystanders rarely speak up when they witness sexual harassment
  43. How seeing problems in the brain makes stigma disappear
  44. I teach ethics at the university where Richard Spencer spoke
  45. Why is Saudi Arabia suddenly so paranoid?
  46. 'Geostorm' movie shows dangers of hacking the climate – we need to talk about real-world geoengineering now
  47. Teens are sleeping less – but there's a surprisingly easy fix
  48. How China's skewed sex ratio is making President Xi's job a whole lot harder
  49. Scientist at work: Measuring public health impacts after disasters
  50. Are many hate crimes really examples of domestic terrorism?