Women’s groups pointed to a video still on the government website,in which the woman pressures the man to watch a movie about clowns murdering children.
Pilot program finds year 1 and 2 students are less likely to display stereotypical attitudes towards gender if schools teach gender relations and examine their own policies,including how they treat women on staff.
The debate has left some men and boys feeling confused,defensive and angry,but can this much-needed moment of reckoning be had in a way that engages them in the conversation?
Education experts say the introduction of specific consent and power content in the curriculum is a positive development but could go even further.
This is a year-by-year,generation-by-generation need;understanding true consent is a lesson that needs to be taught and reinforced,Dr Rosanna Capolingua.
Queenslanders have been asked to have their say on sexual consent laws and the domestic violence crisis as part of the biggest overhaul of the criminal justice system in a generation.
I cannot tell you how badly I wished there was greater education around sex and consent in my high school years.
Sexual assault reporting in NSW is up 54 per cent since Detective Superintendent Maloney took up the top job in February,buoyed by national conversations about sexual assault and a petition started by consent activist Chanel Contos.
A mother is demanding changes to Victoria’s consent laws after her 17-year-old daughter was allegedly raped several times by a stranger she got to know just five days earlier on Snapchat.
Australian parent and principal associations say they played no part in developing the federal government’s new sex and consent resources,despite assurances that community stakeholders were consulted over the $3.8 million project.
The federal Education Department has removed two videos from its new respectful relationships website following criticism from experts and two state education ministers.