Sexual coercion, a topic of relevance to school health personnel, may be as
common in high school populations as in university populations. Twenty-one
sexuality education curricula were examined for information on the topics
of date rape, stranger rape, pressure, incest, sexual harassment. unwanted/
inappropriate touch, and exploration/victimizaiton Curricula scaring highes
t in total coverage also were the most comprehensive with six of the seven
sexual coercion topics covered Overall, pressure and exploitation/victimiza
tion received the greatest attention, while sexual harassment was not cover
ed in any of the curricula. Common themes occurring within the coercion top
ic areas included guilt, communication/assertiveness skills, blame; drug us
e, premeditation,fear, sources of help Results suggest sexuality education
curricula have not responded to the increased concern regarding harassment
in schools.