Girls More Bullied in School than Boys: Report

A report by the U.S department of education's office for civil rights says bullying among girls has increased compared to boys in schools.

The statistical analysis for 2011-2012 gave details about harassment and bullying among high school students. In high school (grades 9-12), 56 percent of girls were harassed and bullied, 34 percent in middle school (grades 6-8) and 20 percent in elementary school (grades1-5),The Washington Post report.

The office for civil rights says some school found it hard to provide accurate data as not many people are willing to come forward with complaints of bullying .

Nearly 3900 public schools in Florida gave data but only 606 incidents were reported and in  Vermont, from 295 public schools 709 incidents were reported.

 "Harassment or bullying on the basis of sex is unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature, such as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, and other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature," according to the Department of Education definition. "Harassment or bullying on the basis of sex also includes gender-based, nonsexual harassing conduct, such as harassment based on gender stereotyping. This conduct can be carried out by school employees, other students, and non-employee third parties. Both male and female students can be victims of sexual harassment, and the harasser and the victim can be of the same sex."

A recent survey by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, found that American teens indulged in bullying lesser than a decade ago and the most notable decline was seen among boys. Bullying overall went down by half.