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Sexual harassment among peers starts as early as Grade 4 and persists through lower secondary school, according to a doctoral thesis by Aziz‑Kaan Dönmez of the University of Gothenburg. The study examined Swedish children and adolescents in Grades 4–9 and found that most perpetrators had also been victims of harassment. About half of the surveyed students reported experiencing unwanted sexualized behavior, such as advances, comments, touching or exposure to explicit images. Victims were more likely to report anxiety, depressive symptoms and higher rates of school absence. Dönmez will defend his thesis on October 2.

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