In their book Sexual Harassment and Teens: A Program for Positive Change, Susan Strauss and Pamela Espeland place "snuggies" sixteenth on the list of "examples of sexually harassing behaviors reported in U.S. high schools." The term "snuggies" is defined as "pulling [another student's] underwear up at the waist so it goes between the buttocks." The next two items on the list are "sexual assault and attempted sexual assault" and "rape."

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