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Thursday, February 2, 2006
Study: Both sexes harass on U.S. campuses
By Allison Slevms
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WASHINGTON. D C. - In
the familiar st^Hyiine about
sexual harassment, men are
typically cast as the aggres-
scH^ and women as the vic
tims
But a new repeat shatters
that stereotype
College men are equally as
likely as their female peers to
experience sexual harass
ment, according to a national
survey more than 2,000 col
lege students conducted in
May 2005 and released
TXiesday by the American
Association of University
Women, an advocacy organi
zation in Washington, D.C.
The study showed that
nearly two-thirds of the
respondents - 61 percent of
men and 62 percent of
women • reported experienc
ing some form of sexual
harassment, defined in the
study as unwanted and
unwelcome sexual behavior
that interferes with student
life
Respondents were between
18 and 24 years old and were
enrolled in two and four-year
programs at private and pub
lic colleges and universities
around the country
Analysts found the num
bers surprisin^y high, espe
cially given the increase in
public awareness of the sub
ject in the aftermath of alle
gations against high-profile
personalities such as
President Bill Clinton,
Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas and former
Sen Bob Packwood, a
Republican from Oregon.
Still, sexual harassment per
vades college campuses, with
jokes and comments part of
daily life and physical harass
ment-such as groping, shad
owing or forced sexual activi
ty - fairly common, the report
showed.
Men are the m^ority - 51
percent - of harassers. But
nearly one-third of female
respondents - or 31 percent •
also admitted to committing
sexual harassment, especial
ly making jokes, offensive
comments or gestures. Most
said they harassed others
because they thought it was
funny, even thou^ many tar
gets did not, the report said.
The findings break down
stereotypes about men and
women at a time when soci
etal expectations for both are
changing, said E^ena Silva,
director of research at the
AAUW Educational
Foundation and a co-author
of the study
Anthony Rodriguez,
founder and clinical director
of The Men’s Center, an orga-
nuation in Davenport, Iowa,
that treats male victims of
sexual trauma, agreed.
‘’Women aren’t as passive as
one would think and males
can be victimized,” he said in
a telephone interview.
That a considerable mun-
ber of female students admit
to harassing other students
reflects a cultui^ shift that
has left women uncertain
about their roles in society,
Silva said. As women have
entered the work force, they
have been encouraged to
become more assertive, she
said It is a new social pres-
siire that is leflected in their
more aggressive approach
towai*d social relationships
and sexual behavior.
At the same time, women
are stiU encouraged to ediib-
it traditional ‘’feminine” char
acteristics, resulting in confu
sion about their gender roles,
Silva said.
‘We’re talking about nearly
a third of female college stu
dents saying they’ve sexually
harassed somebody,” Silva
said. ‘’This is indicative of this
larger stiuggle about how
they should behave, how they
should assert themselves.”
Mourners remember Wilson Pickett
nih ASSOClAThD PRKSS
LOUISVILLE, Ky-Wilson
Pickett was remembered by
fiiends and family Saturday
as a singer who fell some
where between a poet and a
preacher, laying the ground
work for artists after him.
“One way or another,
VMlson was going to move you
with his music,” the Rev.
Steve Owens told about 800
people gathered to mourn the
singer of’ such hits as “In the
Midnight Horn-” and
“Mustang Sally”
Pickett, known for his raspy
voice and passionate delivery,
changed the course of music
and paved the way for such
artists as Diddy, Will Smith
and Eminem, singer Little
Racial
difference
impact
lung
cancer
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LOS ANGELES - Blacks
who smoke up to a pack a day
are far more likely than
whiteSk who smoke similar
amounts to develop lung can
cer. suggesting genes may
help explain the racial differ
ences long seen in the disease,
researchers say
The largest study ever done
on the subject also foimd that
Hispanic and Asian smokers
were less likely than black
smokers to develop the dis
ease—at least up to a point.
The racial differences disap
peared among heavy smok
ers, or those who puffed more
than a pack and a half per
day
Doctors have long known
that blacks are substantially
more likely than whites to
develc^ King cancer and more
likely to die from it. But the
reasons for the disparity are
unclear.
Some say the difference is a
matter of genetics, while oth
ers centend smoking habits
may play a role. Fca* example,
researchers say blacks tend to
puff more deeply than whites,
which may expose them to
more carcinogens Smoking
rates are also sli^tly hi^ier
among blacks, but * w’hites
tend to smoke more cigarettes
a day
In the latest study—pub
lished in Thursday's New
England Journal of
Medicine— researchers ccan-
pared the lung cancer risk
among ethnic groups who
smoked the same amount
While the study did not
address the poesiHe reascHis
fta* the racial disparity, lead
researcher Christopher
Haiman, an assistant (aofes-
sor of pre\*enti\*e medicine at
the Uni\*ersity of Southern
California, said the findings
suggest genes may be one of
the factors that explain the
phenotuencai
TTie study invol\*ed more
than 180,000 people, more
than half of them minorities
Richard told the crowd at
Canaan Christian Chvuxh.
“He didn’t
just belong to
u s — h e
belonged to
the world,”
said Pickett’s
brother.
Maxwell.
The
Alabama-bom Pickett got his
start singing gospel music in
church After moving to
Detroit as a teen, he joined
the Falcons, which scored the
hit “I Found a Love” with
Pickett as lead singer in
1962
He went solo in the early
19608 and rose to stardom
with hits recorded at Stax
Records in Memphis,
Tennessee.
In 1965, he linked with soul
producer Jerry Wexler at Stax
Records and recorded ‘In the
Midnight Hoiu*.” Other memo
rable hits include “634-5789”
and “Funky Broadway”
Pickett died Jan. 19 after a
heart attack in a Virginia hos
pital. He was 64. Survivors
include a brother and five sis
ters who live in Louisville.
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