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Högstadieflickor förklarar mobbning och sexuella trakasserier

Grusow, Jessica (2004)
School of Social Work
Abstract
The purpose of this essay was to describe, from a perspective of gender, how girls, from the eighth and ninth grade in school explained bullying and sexual harassment and how bullying and sexual harassment was explained in topical research. The main issues were: 1. What does bullying and sexual harassment mean? 2. Who becomes a bully and who becomes a sexual harasser? 3. Why do they bully or sexual harass their schoolmates? 4. Who becomes a victim of bullying and who becomes a victim of sexual harassment? I used a qualitative method in form of individual interviews with five girls. My survey showed that the girls thought bullies were unsure of themselves, the bullying made them more self-confident. It could also be a way in to a... (More)
The purpose of this essay was to describe, from a perspective of gender, how girls, from the eighth and ninth grade in school explained bullying and sexual harassment and how bullying and sexual harassment was explained in topical research. The main issues were: 1. What does bullying and sexual harassment mean? 2. Who becomes a bully and who becomes a sexual harasser? 3. Why do they bully or sexual harass their schoolmates? 4. Who becomes a victim of bullying and who becomes a victim of sexual harassment? I used a qualitative method in form of individual interviews with five girls. My survey showed that the girls thought bullies were unsure of themselves, the bullying made them more self-confident. It could also be a way in to a fellowship. The girls thought that the sexual harassers often were boys in their own age. Maybe he could not have girls in another way or had been rejected by the girl he harassed. Victims of bullying were, according to the girls, persons with bad self- esteem and a few friends. Victims of sexual harassment were often girls. Some of the girls meant that girls in general does not object to the insults. Some thought that enticing dressing could start sexual harassment and some meant that it was groundless. (Less)
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author
Grusow, Jessica
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organization
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type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
language
Swedish
id
1358500
date added to LUP
2004-11-08 00:00:00
date last changed
2004-11-08 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this essay was to describe, from a perspective of gender, how girls, from the eighth and ninth grade in school explained bullying and sexual harassment and how bullying and sexual harassment was explained in topical research. The main issues were: 1. What does bullying and sexual harassment mean? 2. Who becomes a bully and who becomes a sexual harasser? 3. Why do they bully or sexual harass their schoolmates? 4. Who becomes a victim of bullying and who becomes a victim of sexual harassment? I used a qualitative method in form of individual interviews with five girls. My survey showed that the girls thought bullies were unsure of themselves, the bullying made them more self-confident. It could also be a way in to a fellowship. The girls thought that the sexual harassers often were boys in their own age. Maybe he could not have girls in another way or had been rejected by the girl he harassed. Victims of bullying were, according to the girls, persons with bad self- esteem and a few friends. Victims of sexual harassment were often girls. Some of the girls meant that girls in general does not object to the insults. Some thought that enticing dressing could start sexual harassment and some meant that it was groundless.}},
  author       = {{Grusow, Jessica}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Högstadieflickor förklarar mobbning och sexuella trakasserier}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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