The annual Girls’ Attitudes Survey by Girl Guiding UK says that too often girls and young women are left to negotiate what it calls this “everyday sexism” with little support.
The survey this year focuses on issues of equality and involved 1,288 girls and young women aged between 7 and 21.
It found that those aged 11 to 21 are as likely to have been harassed at school as on the street. Six in 10 report having had comments shouted at them about their appearance while they are at school, rising to seven in 10 for those aged 13 to 21.
Meanwhile, 62 per cent of those aged 11 to 21 have had comments shouted at them on the street, rising to 76 per cent for those aged 16 to 21.
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