Posts Tagged ‘Sexual consent’

Schools struggling with sexual violence

Thursday, November 9th, 2023
sexual violence

Sexual violence in schools is a very real problem. A report by ‘Let’s Talk Consent’ collected testimonies from 300 students. All had been victims of sexual assault at school. Let’s Talk Consent’s founder and report author, Genna Hawkins-Boulton, says victims were confident about reporting their assaults. However they often still found themselves in the same Read more

School makes boys, en masse apologise to girls at assembly

Monday, March 29th, 2021

A lesson on sexual consent at an Australian school has gone badly awry. Male students as young as 12 at Brauer College in Victoria were directed to “stand up and apologise” to their female peers – simply because of their gender. A parent, Danielle Shepherd says her son is “confused and upset” by the incident Read more