Teaching About Sexting and Consent in Schools with Dolly Padalia and Nathaniel Cole
This week, Hannah is joined by Dolly Padalia and Nathaniel Cole from Sexplain, an organisation that provides comprehensive and inclusive SRE workshops for young people in the UK. Dolly and Nathaniel discuss the work of Sexplain, and the conversations they’ve had with young people around consent, sending nudes, and rape culture. They also chat about SRE becoming compulsory this September, and whether schools are ready for it! Nathaniel also talks about being a straight, cis man working in SRE and why those who are part of the problem should also be part of the solution. Finally, they talk about the reaction of parents around teaching young people sex education.
CW: discussion of sexual assault, rape culture, and consent
Read the episode transcript here!
SHOW NOTES
What we chat about…
The work of Sexplain and their recent conference
Why do young people send nudes?
Unsolicited dick picks
The laws around sending explicit images
The relevance of Love Island
The Good Lad Initiative
The different dynamics of male and female facilitators when working with young people
Where are all the straight, cis men in SRE?
Consent, and how to teach it to young people
What does a false claim in a rape case really mean?
SRE becoming compulsory - are schools ready?
What do Sexplain lessons involve?
The need for sex education before turning 16
The reaction of parents to sex education
USEFUL LINKS
Vote for Doing It in the Global Awards: https://vote.global.com/
Sexplain: https://sexplain.org.uk
Summary of the Sexplain conference: https://sexplain.org.uk/article/2019/12/20
The porn ban and Sexplain’s approach to discussing it as part of SRE with young people: https://sexplain.org.uk/article/2019/4/11/porn-nudes-and-other-digital-phenomena-how-can-we-best-support-young-people
Good Lad Initiative: https://www.goodladinitiative.com
Grayson Perry’s book ‘The Descent of Man’*: https://amzn.to/38mlvCI
Sex Positive Parenting Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexpositive_families/
My Kid Is Gay Website: https://www.mykidisgay.com
Nathaniel’s Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/yJiKeWtTWA4
What is Sex Positivity?: https://sexplain.org.uk/article/2019/11/4/what-is-sex-positivity
MORE ABOUT DOLLY PADALIA AND NATHANIEL COLE
Dolly is the Director of Sexplain, which provides comprehensive and inclusive sex and relationships education workshops for young people in the UK.
Find out more about Sexplain on their website, Instagram and Twitter, and find out more about Dolly on her Instagram and Twitter.
Nathaniel is a facilitator for Sexplain and Good Lad Initiative. He is also a writer and researcher, and co-founder of Swim Dem Crew.
Find out more about Nathanial on his Instagram and Twitter.
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