Prevention Workshop Topics
Power
Power workshops support young people to better understand sexual violence as an abuse of power. The workshops make clear the links between power, inequality and sexual violence and support young people to recognise how gender and other power imbalances can impact their own sexual relationships. Young people will leave these workshops with greater skills to develop sexual relationships based on equality.
Learning outcomes:
- I know more about how power can influence sex and relationships.
- I feel more able to recognise power dynamics within relationships.
- I feel more confident creating equal relationships.
Consent
Consent workshops enable young people to talk openly and positively about relationships, sex and consent. In these workshops we support young people to understand what consent means, and to develop the communication skills needed to practice it in their everyday lives, and sexual relationships.
Learning outcomes:
- I know more about what consent means.
- I know more about how power can influence giving consent.
- I feel more confident practising consent.
Understanding Sexual Violence
In this workshop, we take a trauma-informed approach to exploring what sexual violence is and the forms it can take. The workshops will equip young people with greater skills and confidence to recognise sexual violence when they see it, and to challenge the attitudes and behaviours that enable it to exist in society.
Learning outcomes:
- I understand how sexual violence is an abuse of power.
- I feel more confident recognising sexual violence when I see it.
- I feel more confident challenging the attitudes that enable sexual violence to exist in society.
Online Sexual Violence
Young people interact online daily from a young age, we want to help them navigate these spaces safely. We explore the ways in which sexual violence online can be normalised, minimised, and overlooked in society and help them understand that because of this, it can be difficult to recognise it in our online interactions. We want young people to bring consent culture into online spaces.
Learning outcomes:
- I understand how sexual violence is an abuse of power and can occur in online spaces.
- I feel more confident recognising sexual violence and challenging the attitudes that
enable it to exist in society.
Pornography
Pornography workshops explore how pornography and other types of media can depict unrealistic and harmful representations of sex and relationships, putting pressure on young people to conform to ‘sexual scripts’, and promoting unhelpful expectations around sex. These workshops will strengthen young people’s critical literacy skills by drawing out the links between pornography and sexual violence, and highlighting the ways in which it reinforces discrimination such as racism, sexism and ableism. Young people will feel more equipped to develop relationships different from those they see in porn, based on consent and equality.
Learning outcomes:
- I understand more about how pornography can create ‘sexual scripts’.
- I understand more about how pornography can reinforce stereotypes about gender, race, sexuality, and disability.
- I feel more confident developing sexual relationships based on pleasure and consent.
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