Talking The Talk Healthy Sexuality Education

If only we could have such contemporary, best-practice, evidenced-based, comprehensive benchmarks in Australia! Look how pleasure is listed in the 14 - 15yo under sexual health enhancement and wellbeing: i.e. "...Pleasure can be an important part of sexual activity (whether alone or with a partner); each person is responsible for learning about pleasure and ensuring that consent and boundaries are respected in the mutual pursuit of pleasure..." Our Aust curriculum only mentions pleasure 4 times in the context of reading! I can't wait to read through the details of these, what do you think about them Jacqui Hendriks, Giselle Woodley, Jenny Walsh, Jenny Wood, Eleonora Bertsa-Fuchs, Mel Brush, Sam Read, Holly-ann Martin OAM, Anne A., Tessa Opie (she/her), PhD, Kerrin Bradfield, Katrina Marson, Melissa Kang, Joanna Anagnostou, Claire Stonehouse (PhD, FHEA) They also include digital media, literacy and technology Trent Ray and Martin McGauran https://lnkd.in/g5qs-gTe #sexualityeducaiton #consent #pleasure #sexeducaiton #respectfulrelationhips

I have just had a parent contact me, about their children's school of over 900 students having problems with #consent and #respectfulrelationships in the classrooms, of ages 9 - 11 especially. The school's current #sexualityeducation, consent and respectful relationship delivery is scant. This multi-award-winning resource can be implemented over a term immediately, (see the YouTube clip for more info): 1. Teachers watch the support videos 2. Read one or two short chapters weekly in class and discuss the extended learning questions in the back of the book after each chapter. https://lnkd.in/g9dVBmCt Use well-being time to implement any or all of the 13 free lesson plans such as the #consent crossword orconsent find a word. https://lnkd.in/g_j-zUi6 These activities could even be sent home as homework for the adults to complete with their children to generate conversations at home. Combine this with new resources from the Australian Government and we can all play our part in providing children with the education and information they deserve about positive, #healthyrelationships. https://lnkd.in/gqPk4ufi Ingrid Laguna Australian Council for Educational Research Elisa Webb https://lnkd.in/degmqM5g

I agree with you Andrea Waling a significant factor contributing to the issue of sexual violence is ‘…the sense of entitlement to others' bodies…’ I think a contributing factor to this is a glaring lack of education across all age groups regarding sexual pleasure and function, particularly for cisgender heterosexual individuals. Many children's education books and science lessons cover the body's ‘systems’ but often exclude the sexual and reproductive system. Even when they are mentioned, the focus tends to be on reproduction rather than the mechanisms of pleasure. It's important to teach young people about the physiology of sexual function, including the understanding that the brain and skin are the primary sexual organs. Mainstream pornography, which many young people are exposed to, reinforces the idea that the most important aspect of sex is the p3nis and promotes a distorted view of sex as solely about penetration, often without regard for the partner's pleasure or #consent. When compounded with gender stereotypes, patriarchal attitudes, societal shame, historical suppression of female sexual pleasure, and the absence of open and respectful discussions about relationships, it's no surprise that #sexualviolence remains prevalent. Our kids deserve better and that needs to start with improved evidence-based education and for us not to be scared of mentioning '#pleasure'.