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"The pleasure our culture derives from gazing at girls who look feminine conflicts with girls' freedom to run around unselfconsciously and to develop their gross motor talents as boys are encouraged to do" (Collins et al. 1996, p.&nbsp;170). Schoolgirl uniforms are used in costumes in the context of [[Uniform_fetishism#Schoolgirl_uniform|"Sexy Schoolgirl"]] and are sold on costume sites year round. The idea of the female school uniform has become sexual and in Britain a new survey from Plan International UK found that a third of girls have been sexually harassed while wearing their school uniform. School uniforms can encourage harassment as children, as some cultures can define the "schoolgirl look" as sexual. Children as young as 8 years old report being victims of, or witnesses to, harassment. Two-thirds of the children questioned in the survey said they have experienced "unwanted sexual attention" in public, and 35 per cent said they have been touched, groped or grabbed without their consent. Predators or pedophiles might it easier to approach and harass underaged girls in school uniforms thinking that the sexualization of uniforms on consenting adults makes it acceptable to sexualize anyone wearing one. Turning the focus of the people towards the uniforms instead of the harassment that could happen regardless of if a minor is wearing a uniform or not. These experiences teach girls that "being harassed by men is just a part of growing up". TheConfusing perceptionadults ofacting schoolgirland uniformspretending to be school girls with actual school girls lowers the allowsthreshold for men and pedophiles to harass underaged girls. atSome may try forcing a youngnarrative agethat a real school girl should be the same as the fantasy imagine of a school girl seen in porn. Sometimes, causingthe predator might get violent, manipulate, yell, stalk or more if the unconsenting student refuses play along with the harasser's personal fantasies. Some students may feel the pressure to affirm and mold into the person's fantasies to avoid conflict and potential violence. This could cause girls to self-objectify and sexualize their bodies from the beginning of their schooling experience. Some schools even enforce the idea of the children's and teenager's bodies being sexual by claiming that a skirt too short is "inappropriate" and "an attempt to distract men and male students by being sexually provocative".<ref name="deakin.edu.au"/><ref>Southgate, Jessica, and Lucy Russell (2018). [https://plan-uk.org/file/plan-uk-street-harassment-reportpdf/download?token=CyKwYGSJ ''Street Harassment: It's Not OK - Girls' experiences and views.''] Plan International UK. Retrieved 28 April 2020.</ref><ref>Erickson, Amanda (8 October 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/10/08/sexualized-fetishized-girls-britain-say-their-school-uniforms-make-them-target-harassment/ "'Sexualized and fetishized': Girls in Britain say their school uniforms make them a target of harassment."] ''[[The Washington Post]]''. Retrieved 28 April 2020.</ref>