Bullying

Students and staff at a high school in Oregon have come together to fight back against the hurtful words they’ve experienced at school and in their community.

Sexual harassment is pervasive in show business, especially in the world of theater. But that doesn’t make it OK — and now there’s a new effort to get things in check.

Sexual harassment, from catcalls to groping by strangers, is a common experience for women living independently in cities in many parts of the world. Usually, the harassment goes unpunished. But a woman in Turkey pursued a harasser who groped her and won her case.

A school principal in Colorado, whose 13-year-old son was sexually assaulted by three upperclassmen, says the small town they lived in did little to support his son or prevent further incidents. The case is just one in a what a recent study says is a rising number or boy-on-boy sexual hazing incidents.

In Egypt, sexual harassment has become a common problem. And it’s a problem that officials aren’t doing anything about. It’s even infected the heart of the revolution, Tahrir Square, where even a protest rally against sexual harassment ended in a number of women being attacked.