"Ryan Thomas, a former boyfriend, grabbed Kim Henderson, a college student at North Carolina State University on her backside while on her way to class. Kim turned around immediately and told him to back off. Surprised by her reaction, he looked at her and asked, 'Why are you being so up tight?' She considered what Ryan did to be sexual harassment and was not amused by it. Although Ryan did not consider what he did to be sexual harassment, Kim did."(online source) This may not be an extreme case of sexual harassment, but it is harassment. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines sexual harassment as "uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct directed at a person because of his or her sex." Sexual harassment cases are very high among college students, for whatever reason that may be. Did you know that every six minutes a woman is raped? The statistics are outstanding. In Sexual Harassment on College Campuses: Abusing the Ivory Power, Michele A. Paludi states that "College campuses have the highest rate of sexual harassment than anywhere else, including high schools and workplace areas." Shockingly, I find this to be true. And I believe that this problem needs to be stopped immediately. It endangers the safety of the students, and makes people live in fear. There are five steps which can help towards the stop of sexual harassment according to the ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges. I think these steps can be effective if put to use.
             Not only does this problem need to be solved, it first needs to be addressed. If it is well-known to people, then it can be solved easier. The first step in stopping sexual harassment is
             defining sexual harassment, and finding out what is and what isn't thought to be sexual harassment. Any kind of unwanted verbal or physical abuse conducted because of a person's sex is to be considered as sexual har
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