It happens to girls a lot more than you could ever imagine
Sexual coercion, harassment, and violence are a constant threat to the physical and emotional well-being of students, especially female students. More than one-third of Gen Z students have been pressured/coerced into sexual activity at some point. Female students are twice as likely as male students to experience sexual coercion (42% vs. 19%), and they are three times as likely to be victims of forced sexual activity than male students (25% vs. 8%). Not surprisingly, LGBTQ+ students reported considerably higher rates, with more than half of pansexual (55%), bisexual (54%), and transgender/gender-nonconforming (TGN) students (53%) reporting being victims of sexual coercion and harassment. LGBTQ+ students also reported considerably higher rates of sexual violence. Almost 40% of pansexual and bisexual Gen Zers had been forced into sexual activity compared with 31% of TGN, 24% of lesbian, 19% of gay, and 16% of asexual students.
Except for gay men (37%), male participants are least likely to be victims of sexual coercion (17% of respondents). They also had the lowest percentage of participants who considered the coerced sexual activity to be harassment. Male, gay, and asexual students had the lowest share of students who considered their experience to be harassment or rape (50-52%). All other groups had shares of 89% or higher.