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always going to turn out like it did with
us—and even if it did, I don't think 1 would
approve of it.” Such ambivalence is typica1
of those who engage in these forbidden rela
tions—but neither mixed feelings nor ad
ministrative sanctions are likely to make
them disappear.
Ron GivENsan</ John Schwartz
with hurrau reports
Coed Coercion
No matter how uncomfortable they
may feel discussing the realities
of student-professor dating, most aca
demicians declare themselves strongly
against any form of sexual coercion or har
assment. And yet, of course, it occurs—
possibly more frequently than many would
care to admit. According to a report last
spring by the Project on the Status and
Education of Women (PSEW), a subsidiary
of the Association of American Colleges,
2 percent of all female students experience
direct threats or bribes for sexual favors.
That may not sound like a significant per
centage, but it would amount, at current
enrollment levels, to 125,000 women.
The coercion level appears to be even
higher at some prestigious universities:
Harvard’s 1983 Sexual Harassment Sur
vey Project, for example, found that
34 percent of the 1,000 female under
graduates polled had experienced sexual
pressures in some form, ranging from
lewd jokes and suggestive comments to
threats of poor grades to rape. Only 9
percent of the women reported the inci
dents to a university official. On rare occa
sions the impersonal numbers become
public accusations; in one incident a ten
ured professor left the faculty after a fe
male student filed a sex-harassment com
plaint against him.
The PSEW recommends a variety of
ways for students to combat harassment,
from informal meetings with dorm advis
ers and trusted faculty members to formal
grievances filed with administrators. A
PSEW manual warns against getting "car
ried away with revenge.” Says the booklet
"Harassers do have rights, too. It may be
emotionally satisfying to make every at
tempt to destroy a harasser’s reputation,
but what is more important is that the
harasser stop harassing you and other stu
dents." PSEW recommends writing a pn
vate letter to the culprit describing the
event and the feelings the harassment
evoked and requesting straightforwardly
that the advances stop. Declares the book
let: "Noone should have to endure humilia
tion with a smile.” (The manual costs $2
and can be ordered from PSEW at 1818 K
Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20009.)