CNNMoney cites Blackstone in article on sexual harassment among teen workers
Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the CNNMoney article, “When you’re a teenage worker and you’re sexually harassed.” For many teenage workers, it’s difficult to even identify and label harassing behavior, according to the article. A 2011 survey from the American Association of University Women found that more than 50 percent of high school girls reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment during one school year, the article states. According to Blackstone, there are several ways that early harassment follows women later in life — from their high school jobs all the way up the corporate ladder. “It’s in the high school jobs that people learn the norms of the workplace,” she said.