During this workshop we will discuss:

 

• The politics behind the consent debate, including why 9% of young people think you can’t withdraw consent if you have been bought a drink or dinner

 

• The law. We will explore what the legal definition of consent is and how the law gives us all power

 

• What consent actually looks like while exploring concepts such as privacy, respect, assertiveness, assumption and coercion

 

• Consent related campaigns students can support to feel empowered and make a difference

 

• The experiences of attendees and where they feel they need most support/guidance

 

• The feeling of personal safety, how laws can help to strengthen this and how to ensure you don't make others feel unsafe

 

• Coercive vs caring relationships and how to recognise the former

 

• Why consent is important in other settings, such as in public through catcalling and upskirting
   

• Rejection
   

• Holding others to account
   

• How boys come into the conversation
   

• Pornography and the normalisation of aggression

 

 

Activities include: What to do in a set of scenarios, how to discuss these issues with boys, friends and family and looking into famous coercive/caring relationships and analysing the way pop culture facilitates the former.