【eroticism and machine】

As millions of students in England and eroticism and machineWales return to school after lockdown, a group of British schoolgirls is campaigning to include public sexual harassment on the curriculum.

Our Streets Now is a grassroots intersectional campaign demanding street harassment be taught as part of PSHE (Personal, Social, Health, and Economic) or RSE (Relationships and Sex Education)lessons in schools. Founded by sisters Maya and Gemma Tutton in 2019, Our Streets Now's campaign has been rapidly gathering steam. Their petition to make street harassment a criminal offence in the UK as been signed more than 200,000 times.

The Tuttons and their team are launching the next step in the Our Streets Now campaign — "Our Schools Now" — alongside a report based on a survey they conducted with more than 150 secondary school students and recent school leavers.

---

You May Also Like

---

---

According to the report, only 14 percent of pupils had been taught about public sexual harassment at school. 72 percent of students who reported public sexual harassment said they'd received a negative response from their school, and the majority of respondents said no tangible action was taken. 47 percent of respondents said they wouldn't report an incident of public sexual harassment to their school because they were afraid or unsure they'd be taken seriously by staff.

Mashable Trend Report Decode what’s viral, what’s next, and what it all means. Sign up for Mashable’s weekly Trend Report newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

Maya and Gemma Tutton, founders of Our Streets Now. Credit: our streets now

In the report, recommendations for educators have been laid out, including in teaching children what constitutes public sexual harassment along with its impact on women, girls, and marginalised groups, in addition to teaching all pupils what to do when they're bystanders in an incident. Other recommendations include training staff on how to intervene in public sexual harassment and training on how to respond when pupils report incidents along with developing a clear policy for tackling harassment — one that's distinct from a school bullying policy.

SEE ALSO: Women endure a lifetime of sexual harassment even before they enter the workplace

Public sexual harassment is a widespread issue faced by a large number of schoolgirls in the UK. 66 percent of girls aged 14 to 21 have experienced sexual harassment or unwanted attention in a public place, according to girls rights organisation Plan UK. Additionally, 35 percent of girls wearing a school uniform have been sexually harassed.

Credit: our streets now

"We need to make sure that the next generation of children in the UK understand the prevalence and impact of public sexual harassment," Maya and Gemma Tutton said in a statement.

"As children and teenagers go back to school and the Government’s mandatory sex education curriculum is introduced, we are urging schools to include public sexual harassment within their mandatory PSHE/RSE lessons."

Topics Social Good

• Digital Culture
• Deals
• Life
• Tech
• Shopping
• Science
• Games
• Entertainment

• New Zealand will ban plastic bags for good
• In Memoriam: William Christenberry’s South
• In China, the Search Is On for a Trump Impersonator
• A Letter from Allen Ginsberg Corrects the Record on LSD
• Analyzing Graphics Card Pricing: October 2018
• In China, the Search Is On for a Trump Impersonator
• Anthony Madrid on Jonathan Swift
• Gift Idea: Victorian Christmas Cards with Dead Birds
• MapQuest is letting you name the Gulf of Mexico whatever you want
• The Sad Saga of the Chopped Cheese Sandwich

• Wordle today: Here's the answer, hints for May 25
• Twitter will update its rules to prohibit 'dehumanizing language'
• An investigation: Does Harry Styles really dress like Gonzo from 'The Muppet Show'?
• And now we pick up the pieces after our meltdown over Rod Rosenstein's non
• 'Wordle' today: Answer, hints for May 23
• Screaming sausage videos are a thing, apparently
• 'Wordle' today: Answer, hints for May 22
• The latest astrology meme will help you assemble your sign's perfect playlist
• Twitter pays $150 million fine over privacy and Elon Musk has thoughts
• Stormy Daniel's description of Trump's penis ruins Mario games forever

• 'Severance' Season 2, episode 7, explained: What is happening to Gemma at Lumon?
• Poor Richard: Philip Guston’s Nixon Drawings Transcend Their Subject
• Searching for Charlotte Brontë in Her Juvenilia
• In China, the Search Is On for a Trump Impersonator
• You won't see Elon Musk smoking weed in public again, NASA admin says
• “Sound of the Axe,” a Poem by Denise Levertov
• Australia’s Word of the Year Is Very Different from “Post
• The Sad Saga of the Chopped Cheese Sandwich
• Trump is feeling really, really under
• Peter Juzak Photographs Pain Pills Under the Microscope

• Pebble smartwatches are coming, but they won't get along with the iPhone
• What Our Writers Are Reading This Month
• Don't Fear the Robots: Fear Yourselves.
• From the Archive: Werner Herzog’s Jungle Journals
• NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for March 4: Tips to solve Connections #162
• Staff Picks: Teddy Wayne, Terrance Hayes, Notes on Blindness
• Becoming Invisible: An Interview with Mary Ruefle
• Excerpts from Donald Judd’s Writings, Selected by His Son, Flavin
• Best rope light deal: Save 25% on Lepro N1 AI Smart RGB LED Strip Lights
• Now Online: “Marie,” a Short Story by Edward P. Jones