The head of one of Melbourne’s largest independent schools says parents have just as much work to do as teachers to pierce the increasingly “private” worlds of teenagers and educate them about sexual consent.
He said he was confident the co-educational college teaches respectful relationships and consent, but admitted that he was “less confident in how this is being received by those in our charge”. But she said the picture at secondary level was more “ad hoc” in terms of quality and the priority it receives. Less resourced schools, such as in rural areas, sometimes struggled to incorporate it, she said, while non-government schools are not required to include it in their class content.Teachers also require skill and sensitivity to create a “safe space” in the classroom and break down resistance or embarrassment about discussing sexual consent.
Excerpts from statement related to alleged incidents at Victorian schools, submitted to the Teach Us Consent Website When I was 15 years old I was raped by a boy at my school who was 18. This is how I lost my virginity. We were both intoxicated at a party on a rural property, where he told me to “come for a walk” and assaulted me. I was barely conscious at the time, and had been walked too far in the forest to be heard/helped.
“There has understandably been a great deal of focus on schools in the commentary over the past week,” he wrote. “That is right and proper … But this is also the moment for all parents who read this to begin the conversation with your children.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Heaven forbid we involve Australian parents in the raising of children.
With both girls & boys when it comes to sex ed ... and not just boys. Hormones are raging from about the age of 15 in both genders. To blame just the boys is foolhardy ... as is framing this issue solely around ‘consent’ ... just my views/experience as a mother ... 4/4
My girls both went to private schools & I’ve had many a young chap over during gatherings where I’ve been present & had meaningful discussions with some boys and observed both the behaviour of teenage boys and girls & in my experience there is work/education to be done ... 3/4
They winced every time and didn’t want to be in the conversation ... but the bottom line was you’re listening whether you want to or not. Even their friends who came to the house got the same lecture and still recite it “equality starts in the bedroom not the boardroom” ... 3/4
I decided to have a very open discussion where no subject was off limits ... my mantra was always centered on “equality starts in the bedroom not the boardroom” ... a slogan designed to drill home the importance of equal power in sex based education ... 2/2
Like everyone I’m horrified hearing the stories of abuse that have come to light but I am not surprised. As a mother of 2 daughters who understood from the get go the toxic elements of social media (bullying/exclusion/porn access from a device/camera in said device) ... 1/2
Education while necessary and long overdue isn’t the only solution, it also needs a punishment for repeat offenders, I would like to see a three part strategy 1) compulsory mediation 2) suspension 3) expulsion (with no refund of fees). Parent should sign on at enrolment
Young men, if she says no that is a no. Go home, masturbate with Kim Kardashian in your mind. Problem solved.
Does this surprise people? Most independent schools are based around archaic religions that still operate on an underlying patriarchy! thebibleisfiction scienceoverfiction
Parents have little control over the many hours per year their children spend at school. Often the issue is lack of supervision, unwillingness to intervene which then encourages the power of the 'bully' abuser. Sport culture needs to be scrutinised for a start.
Nothing new to see here - of course the parents need to educate their kids on this (& so much more). Life/role models 1st & foremost, are parents. Too often we see schools being “blamed” for a failing education “area” that has morals at the core - this stuff comes from the home.
He's right, and especially those first five formative years, schools fight a losing battle against the behaviours learned during that time.
So right. Parents cannot defer responsibility to teachers. They are their children
Parents have ALL the responsibility. It's not up to teachers to instill life values.
Of COURSE they do! And it starts early. Stop giving cute names to penises and vaginas and explain where babies come from and how. Your child knows more than you think; don’t let it learn sex ed from a f’kin YouTuber. Have the conversation. Regularly.
Yes, the refrain 'It should be taught in schools' ignores that parents are also partners in education.
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