Chances are you’re reading this while sitting in class, like any good student would.

And chances are, there are at least 20 people in said class with you right now.

Look left. Look right. Turn around.

Turning your head those three times, you’ve probably seen five people. Five people who you’ve shared this class with now for five weeks. Five people who have more than likely spoken up in class. And of those five people, three have encountered sexual harassment, if statistics prove true.

Three of those five. That’s kind of a scary number if you think about it.

A recent study showed more than 60 percent of college-aged men and women have encountered sexual harassment, according to the American Association of University Women’s Educational Foundation.

What’s a little more shocking about the study is 61 percent of men said they’ve encountered sexual harassment. Apparently, women can be the purveyors of dirty one-liners and rude, inappropriate comments as well.

It’s no longer a gender issue. Insults now come from both sides of the field and with only one percentage point separating the sexes, both sides are to blame.

It’s time to debunk those stereotypes of men standing around the office water cooler making lewd comments about any pretty little thing that passes by.

Now we have the office females standing around the copy machine waiting for the newest member of the company to Xerox a document so they as well can make lewd remarks.

So if we’ve learned anything from the study at hand is yes, men and women can be equally offensive when it comes to making comments about the opposite sex.

So look around one more time. You’ve seen the five people around you, but wait. Did you include yourself?