Great Southern Nights
Seriously Social | Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Melinda Tankard Reist
Description: Putting consent, empathy and respect at the heart of sex education.
Support us Putting consent, empathy and respect at the heart of sex education Support us 6,812 Testimonies submitted Read Testimonies In February 2021, Chanel Contos posted an Instagram story asking followers if they or someone close to them had been sexually assaulted by someone when they were at school. Within 24 hours, over 200 people replied ‘yes’.
Overwhelmed, but unsurprised by the response, Chanel launched a petition calling for more holistic and earlier consent education in Australia, as well as teachusconsent.com, a platform where people could share anonymous testimonies of sexual assault.
The petition, which gathered over 44,000 signatures, and a further 6,600 personal stories of sexual assault were presented to MPs around the country to advocate for this critical education to be included in the national curriculum.
Great Southern Nights
Seriously Social | Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Melinda Tankard Reist