Australia: can we use the tea video as consent education in classrooms
Scomo: nah yeah but we have the tea video at home

The tea video at home:

I taught an off the cuff consent workshop to a small group of 15/16 year old boys back in 2019. Off the cuff because the teacher who was scheduled had fallen ill so I had to cover for him. I didn't have much notice and the boys were surprised that I was teaching them, because

they told me they always had a guy for this stuff. We looked at the legal definition of consent and sexual assault (iirc) and I rewarded them for participating with rounds of silent ball because we all found it uncomfortable to get through the content. We watched the tea video,

which is still a good pick for these things. One boy was worried enough about the idea of false rape claims to voice it and we talked about that, how they're rare enough to be practically mythical. Toward the end I rambled a bit too much (I think) about how the big thing

is to hold each other accountable, because even guys who are their friends who seem nice are capable of harming others, even in ways that they might not realise at the time. I still think that this plays a big part- guys that age are often less likely to listen to a random girl

and are much more open to what their fellow guys are saying and doing. It sucks that that's the case but I've found it to be true, in a variety of contexts.

Despite all the consent education in schools we throw at 'em, it also seems to me that most of what kids learn about interpersonal relationships comes from the adults they spend the bulk of their time with, ie not teachers. We can present new ideas and model good behaviour, but

it only does so much if things are a certain way at home. Anyway, here's the tea video!

Not sure what I meant to do with this thread. I'm sure I'll regret it soon enough