School speech in China blaming sexual harassment on girls’ ‘flirtatious’ behaviour, revealing clothes causes outrage online

Presentation slide accompanying speech claim sexual harassment caused by erotism and revealing clothes or behaviour. Story has provoked online debate in China about sexual harassment of women and victim blaming. — SCMP

A secondary school in China has sparked controversy for telling female students not to be “flirtatious” or wear “revealing” clothes, claiming women’s behaviour is the cause of sexual harassment.

The No 1 Middle School of Huaiji county in Guangdong province in southern China is under fire after a speech given to female students in April last year surfaced online this month, reported the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald.