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Earlier this year, consent was put firmly on the agenda when a former Sydney schoolgirl posted a story on her Instagram, asking if any of her followers had ever been sexually assaulted by private school boys.
Many of the victims didn’t even realise their consent had been abused until they read other people’s experiences, and many of the perpetrators didn’t even know they’d abused somebody’s consent.
The testimonies reveal a dark reality for Australian students, but this issue doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
Wesley principal says parents must tackle âconfrontingâ topic of consent
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The head of one of Melbourneâs largest independent schools says parents have just as much work to do as teachers to pierce the increasingly âprivateâ worlds of teenagers and educate them about sexual consent.
Wesley College principal Nick Evans has called on parents to share the load in teaching children about respectful relationships, suggesting many students are not receptive to learning about sexuality, pornography and respect in the classroom.
Australian schools will soon be provided with more material about consent, respectful relationships and sexual abuse for students from prep to year 12.
Former Sydney school student Chanel Contos, 22, has launched a petition called Teach Us Consent, which advocates for earlier and improved sex education.
Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge says he admires the courage of Ms Contos and others who have shared stories after being encouraged by her petition. I ve got to say I ve been quite shocked at the extent of the number of people who are coming forward, he told Sky News on Thursday.
The petition has sparked almost 3,000 testimonies from women who experienced sexual abuse or misconduct at school.
Two Warwick schools have been thrust into the national debate on consent education after a former student detailed her alleged sexual assault. The student posted her story in the Teach Us Consent petition, where almost 3000 anonymous testimonies have been shared as part of a viral petition calling for earlier sexual consent education in schools. According to the testimony, the former Scots PGC student was friends with her alleged assaulter and Warwick State High School student. She claimed the pair attended a local event together before the WSHS student took her back to his house as she was very intoxicated and she fell asleep.