ABSTRACT
Studies of prevalence rates for males in educational or quasi-educational settings are limited because most of the studies of students have, in fact, concentrated on females, a condition pointed out in L. J. Rubin's and S. B. Borgers's "Sexual Harassment in the Universities During the 1980's." A limitation in Malovich's and Stake's comments is their leap from finding that male students feel flattered by instructors' "sexually toned" behavior to their assertion that men are less likely than women to feel vulnerable when propositioned. Both male targets of and witnesses to sexual harassment may engage in denial. It is an especially destructive response to sexual harassment. Equally or perhaps more destructive than denial of the offense is identification with the offender. Males may do the most victim-blaming in situations where professors respond sexually to attractive female students, and while only anecdotal evidence supports this theory, it does appear logical.
