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Creating Consent Culture by Providing Youth the Tools: A Teacher Training Model

Fund my Indiegogo campaign! http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cre... What is consent-based education? An approach that has been predominantly used in anti-violence work, consent-based education stresses the importance of respecting the boundaries of every individual in our lives, and of expecting a non-coerced, active and enthusiastic agreement for participation. Isn't that just Sex Ed? No, it isn't. Yes, it's part of sexual health curriculum, but it extends far beyond that. If the main focus in a conversation on cyberbullying, for example, is how not to post suggestive photos of yourself on the internet, this isn't consent culture. It's actually perpetuating the prevalent rape culture idea that if those who are victimized by sexual violence just didn't do X, they wouldn't have been victimized. Consent culture changes the lens. You want to talk about sex with kindergarten students? Not exactly. Consent is a concept that isn't exclusive to the realm of sexuality. If a 4-year-old child wants to hug a peer, that child can be taught that it's respectful to ask for permission before doing so. If a five-year-old has a toy that another child wants, they can be taught negotiation skills to determine an agreement that leaves both of them feeling respected and that their needs have been met. But that has nothing to do with sex! Explain! Those specific examples have nothing to do with sexuality, it's true. But look at the skills they're developing in those situations. Aren't these exactly the skills we want our youth to have when they develop respectful sexual relationships with their peers? How do you know this works? I can't tell you that incorporating consent-based education into the k-12 curriculum is the panacea to rape culture. What I can tell you is that on a small scale, one classroom at a time, I've seen students start to look at their place in the world in different ways as a result of this approach. I've seen Grade 7 students engage critically with the idea that maybe "not dressing like a slut" isn't the best way for us as a community to prevent sexual harassment. I've seen Grade 11 and 12 students question media representations of sexual violence, and how those representations often favour the perpetrator. The learning is happening. You can create the opportunity for it to happen on a much broader scale than 25 young people at a time. Like this project on Facebook!   / 522158911170244