Bullying and sexual harassment may not immediately come to mind when talking about school violence, yet they are two of the most widespread and pervasive problems facing schools today. While the word “bully” reminds many of a harmless right of passage at school age, today's research shows that bullies often have a variety of family or social problems. Furthermore, in today's modern world, bullies may not just bully classmates for lunch money; they have found ways to stalk their victims long after they have left the schoolyard using the Internet. Another form of bullying is sexual harassment, which is bullying based on a person's gender or sexual preference. Sexual harassment is a very harmful problem, especially for school-age children who have yet to develop a strong sexual identity. Although sexual harassment is generally considered to be directed by a male at a female, both males and females are victims and perpetrators of this destructive act. People who are uninformed about school violence may become confused as to where the line is crossed and dangerous behaviors begin, however there is clear data on who is a bully, what behavior is characterized by a bully, who are bullied , what sexual harassment is and who is a victim of it. Many factors in a child's life can lead to such emotional distress that he or she begins to bully other students at school. Social factors are usually the easiest thing to identify that could cause a child to behave in a bullying manner towards classmates. The child may have been bullied, which leads to repressed aggression that leads to the release of this aggression onto other students. It could also just be...... middle of the paper ......_resources/wa_shared/ backgrounders/challenge_cyber_bullying.cfm?RenderForPrint=1Coy, D. (2001). Bullying. Greensboro, NC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED459405) NASBE Policy Update. (2003, June). Bullying in schools. Retrieved April 22, 2005, from http://www.nasbe.org/Educational_Issues/Policy_Updates/11_10.htmlRoss, T. (2005, January 21). Schools ban camera phones amid 'happy slapping' craze. Retrieved April 28, 2005, from http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4030257Swartz, J. (2005, March 7). School bullies get even nastier online. Retrieved April 1, 2005, from http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-03-06-cover-cyberbullies_x.htm?POE=NEWISVAWalls, L. (2004). Bullying and sexual harassment in schools. Retrieved April 20, 2005, from http://www.cfchildren.org/articlef/walls1f/walls1_print