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The best stats we have show that, of women who have been raped in their lifetime, nearly a third had it happen between the ages of 11 and 17.
Teaching children comprehensive consent education - how to say no, how to check for enthusiastic consent - is beyond necessary. https://twitter.com/Baroness_Nichol/status/1287310162353676288
The best stats we have show that, of women who have been raped in their lifetime, nearly a third had it happen between the ages of 11 and 17.
Teaching children comprehensive consent education - how to say no, how to check for enthusiastic consent - is beyond necessary. https://twitter.com/Baroness_Nichol/status/1287310162353676288
The puritanical, anti-education aspect of this movement is unbelievably dangerous.
Yes, it's unpleasant to consider the sex lives of people under 18 and yes, it would be great if they waited, but abstinence-only education fails on every level.
Yes, it's unpleasant to consider the sex lives of people under 18 and yes, it would be great if they waited, but abstinence-only education fails on every level.
Giving children the information they need to recognise risk, assert their boundaries and, if they are going to engage in risk-taking behaviour, how to do so in the safest way possible, is the only way to reduce harm.
These responses are utterly irresponsible.
These responses are utterly irresponsible.
For the referenced group who are happily twisting things: children cannot consent to sex. However, there are a lot of steps before sex which also require consent. Holding hands, kissing, being alone with someone.
Teaching children to make sure other people are OK with what they are doing is a good thing.
Would you seriously prefer that you wait until it's too late to teach kids about this?
Teaching consent is mostly about teaching people to recognise when it *is not given*.
Would you seriously prefer that you wait until it's too late to teach kids about this?
Teaching consent is mostly about teaching people to recognise when it *is not given*.
Also, since an awful lot of people seem unfamiliar with the phrase 'enthusiastic consent', which is a staple in rape prevention programmes:
Most rapists are not strangers in dark alleys. Many rapists do not consider what they've done to be rape. Coercion is a major factor...
Most rapists are not strangers in dark alleys. Many rapists do not consider what they've done to be rape. Coercion is a major factor...
... By making 'enthusiastic consent' the required norm for sexual interaction to proceed, it prevents people thinking someone saying these things has consented. This is a major factor in traumatic experiences in young people. EC shifts the norm from 'yes is enough'.
I did not pluck the words 'enthusiastic consent' out of nowhere. It's a specific concept in rape and abuse prevention. It refers to a framework of consent which goes beyond 'no means no'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_consent#Enthusiastic_consent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_consent#Enthusiastic_consent
