Approximately six out of every 10 athletes at secondary schools were found to have suffered sexual harassment from their coaches and seniors, according to a survey by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) released Monday.
The human rights agency surveyed a total of 1,139 male and female athletes at middle and high schools nationwide over six months in cooperation with a research center at Ewha Womans University.
The report found that 63.8 percent of respondents had been sexually harassed, either physically or verbally. By type, verbal sexual harassment formed the largest portion at 44 percent, while 20 percent answered they were physically harassed. Of them, 1.5 percent said they were asked to have sex by their coaches or colleagues. Of 17 sex demand cases, 11 led to sexual assault, and six were male victims.
The article goes on to say that, unsurprisingly, most did not report the abuse, and it continues by noting that 79% of student athletes have reported either sexual harassment or physical abuse from coaches.
This type of abuse was highlighted back in February, too, when a TV program investigated harassment, abuse, and rape of female athletes, from elementary school through the pros, all while their coaches went largely unpunished. We see this lack of accountability in schools, too, where physical abuse is an every day occurance and where stories of it, of bullying, and of sexual assault are rarely accompanied with news of punishment. This is something Hub of Sparkle can add to its list of authority figures failing young people.
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