Sex, slut-shaming and Sydney schools: Why Chanel Contos is calling for education reform across Australia
This article contains references to rape and sexual abuse. Incidents of sexual assault have one crucial thing in common - education, or a lack of it. That’s according to Chanel Contos, whose calls for a more comprehensive sex-ed curriculum have echoed across Australia in recent weeks. The 22-year-old activist, who over the last three weeks has shared thousands of accounts of sexual assault and rape in Australian schools, says enthusiastic consent, slut-shaming and sexual coercion are among the key topics not being adequately taught to young Australian students. “It shows that this pro...