Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Education in Media and Literature

    Blue Angel: a novel by Francine Prose; a satire of college English and writing departments, and "politically correct" sexual harassment policies.

    Camille Claudel: true-life inspired film about the brilliant French sculptor who has a long-term affair with her teacher, Auguste Rodin.

    Wild Things: 1998 movie starring Matt Dillon, Denise Richards and Neve Campbell in where a teacher is accused of inappropriate conduct with several of his female students, which is the driving plot of the film.

    Disgrace: a novel by J. M. Coetzee about a South African literature professor whose career is ruined after he has an affair with a student.

    The History Man: novel by Malcolm Bradbury and later was a BBC television film.

    Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America: a play by Stephen Sewell in which the main character, a university professor, is accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a student, they both come to harm in the end, the professor because of his radical political ideology and the student because of her Muslim faith.

    Notes on a Scandal: a novel by Zoë Heller which depicts the sexual relationship between a married art teacher and one of her students.

    Oleanna: an American play by David Mamet, later a film starring William H. Macy. A college professor is accused of sexual harassment by a student. The film deals with the moral controversy as it never becomes clear which character is correct.

    Pretty Persuasion: film starring Evan Rachel Wood and James Woods in which students turn the tables on a lecherous and bigoted teacher. A scathingly satirical film of sexual harassment and discrimination in schools, and attitudes towards females in media and society.

    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: a novel by Muriel Spark, and later a play and a film starring Maggie Smith. A teacher at an Edinburgh school engineers a sexual relationship between a male colleague, and former lover, and one of her students.

    What Lies Beneath: film starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford about a woman who is haunted by the ghost of her husband's former student, whom he murdered to keep from exposing an affair between them.

    Nothing Lasts Forever (1994 novel):a novel written by Sidney Sheldon, has a female character who uses sexual harassment on her teachers and principal to woo them and get good marks in exams.

    De Tall, a Hindi movie made in India starring Ayesha Takia, has a character who in adulthood sexually harasses a private teacher to get his attention and complete the course quickly.