Advocates fear relationships website still promotes harmful messages to young people

Advocates fear relationships website still promotes harmful messages to young people

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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos

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Schools could hold the key to shaping attitudes towards gender

Schools could hold the key to shaping attitudes towards gender

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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
It’s a ‘man’s problem’,so how do we talk to boys about sexual harassment?

It’s a ‘man’s problem’,so how do we talk to boys about sexual harassment?

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?

  • byFarrah Tomazin andAnna Prytz
‘Still a way to go’ on consent and power content in new Australian curriculum

‘Still a way to go’ on consent and power content in new Australian curriculum

Education experts say the introduction of specific consent and power content in the curriculum is a positive development but could go even further.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andLisa Visentin
All school students should have access to ‘open and frank’ lessons about sexual consent
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All school students should have access to ‘open and frank’ lessons about sexual consent

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.

  • byDr Rosanna Capolingua
Feedback wanted on new Queensland sex consent and domestic violence laws

Feedback wanted on new Queensland sex consent and domestic violence laws

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.

  • byLydia Lynch
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Let’s talk about sex:conversation about consent is good for boys too
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Let’s talk about sex:conversation about consent is good for boys too

I cannot tell you how badly I wished there was greater education around sex and consent in my high school years.

  • byMarnie Vinall
‘Admitting guilt is difficult’:How sex crimes boss wants the justice system to change

‘Admitting guilt is difficult’:How sex crimes boss wants the justice system to change

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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
How Jamie went ‘from Snapchat hello to rape in five days’

How Jamie went ‘from Snapchat hello to rape in five days’

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.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Parent and school principal groups not consulted over new consent videos
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Parent and school principal groups not consulted over new consent videos

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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andLisa Visentin
‘Cringeworthy’:Consent videos removed after experts,ministers condemn content

‘Cringeworthy’:Consent videos removed after experts,ministers condemn content

The federal Education Department has removed two videos from its new respectful relationships website following criticism from experts and two state education ministers.

  • byWendy Tuohy