Sexual Harassment Among Adolescent Girls:A Case Study of Emerald Academy Higher Secondary School and College bhadrapur, Jhapa, Nepal

Abstract

This research titled "Sexual harassment among Adolescent Girls"followed a descriptive research design. This study was conducted inEmerald Academy Higher Secondary School, Bhadrapur, Jhapa. Themain objective of the study was to identify the experience of sexualviolence faced by the adolescent girls. This research study followedPurposive sampling method. According to the objectives of the study, data were collected andpresented. The term sexual violence and sexual harassment was known toall the respondents. Every single woman and girl has once facedharassment once in their life. The major cause for sexual harassment wasmale dominated society. Culture and tradition in our country is very rigidforfemale. School and college going girls were also the risk group of sexualharassment while going and coming from school. In school also, malefriend and even some time teachers make them victim of harassment.Sexual harassment has a negative impact on physical, mental and sociallife of an individual. Majority of victims are withdrawn from social lifeand psychologically injured. It is said that male are responsible forharassment but this studies shows that always male are not responsiblefor sexual harassment. The activities and outlook of girl also plays a vitalrole in sexual harassment.