'I was sexually assaulted at school'

MPs are to begin investigating sexual harassment and violence in UK schools.

They will try to establish how big the problem is and what can be done to control it.

Many of the 300 16 to 25-year-olds they have already heard from report being groped at school, pressured into sexual activity or harassed online.

We've been hearing from one teenager who was sexually assaulted by another pupil at her school, aged 12.

Rosie, which isn't her real name, is from Wales. She says a girl started stalking her initially but things got much worse.

"She wanted a hug and I didn't want anything to do with her. She didn't like that," she says.

"So she grabbed me and pinned me up against the wall, and touched me in my private areas.

"I felt like I was trying to struggle to break free, but she was quite strong.

"Eventually she was pulled off me. It felt like a long time, but it was over quite quickly."

'Ashamed and disgusted'

Rosie says she didn't report the assault for a long time, because she struggled to make sense of it.

"I remember feeling quite embarrassed, and I didn't really want to talk about it at the time with anyone. I felt ashamed and quite disgusted really."

When she did eventually report it to the school, Rosie says teachers disciplined the attacker but didn't offer her enough support.

"Post-traumatic stress disorder has come up quite a lot. I have taken some trauma from what has happened.

"It's affected my self-esteem. I'm quite scared that something like that will happen again."

'They think it's a laugh'

Rosie says since the attack, boys still touch the girls "on a regular basis" in her school.

"Physically, it's more just little touches of the bum or little sexual comments about how a girl's body is looking, what kind of things they'd do to her," she says.

She says porn and sexting is giving boys a false idea about what is acceptable behaviour.

"When you're having sex education, you're not really learning what it's about - consent and what isn't consent - they take what they see from porn and they use that in real life.

"Boys will just touch you - even if you don't like it, even if you say no. They'll just kind of see it as, 'I have a right to do what I want to her'."

Many of the young people surveyed say sexting and online harassment is common

But it's not just pupils experiencing harassment and abuse.

We've been hearing from teachers too.

MP Maria Miller heads up the Women and Equalities Committee running the inquiry

What should be done?

The Women and Equalities Committee, led by MP Maria Miller, will report on their findings in the next few months.

Rosie believes the problem could be helped with improved sex education.

"It's important to acknowledge what's on the internet, and what's right and what's not during sex," she says.

While teacher Emily says the sex education programme at her school already looks at what consent and rape are.

"It's just a cultural thing of how you treat women - respect towards women in positions of power and authority figures."

The committee now wants to hear from pupils and teachers to form part of their report.

To do so, click here.

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