Maree Crabbe
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Director of the Australian violence prevention project It's time we talked: Pornography, young people & sexuality, film-maker & speaker. Speaking opps welcome.
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Absolutely delighted to see that the suite of resources I developed for
@OurWatchAus
is now available online!
Please feel free to share these with anyone you think may find them useful.
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“This is a monumental step. This is huge. This is ground-breaking.” That is
@LailaMickelwait
's response to the climax of an investigation into ‘the porn king’, Berndt Bergmair, the elusive majority owner of the world’s biggest porn company,
#MindGeek
.
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“In my age group and below, it’s considered quite normal ... there is research proving it’s not safe in any form, it’s becoming quite strange that men want to do that to women.”
@Chanelcontos
#vaw
#sexualviolence
#strangulation
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Well said Sarah Golsby-Smith. Porn is shaping many young men’s sexual understandings & expectations. On average, boys see porn 3 years before their first sexual experience. More than half use porn weekly. That makes porn a powerful influencer. (1/2)
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We owe a debt to the courageous young
#women
who have shared their stories. And to all those who have not.
We hear you. We believe you. We stand with you. Government,
#schools
,
#parents
, society: we need to work together to end
#violenceagainstwomen
.
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Aggression is common in porn & it is almost always directed towards
#women
. It is a real concern that most young men - who are more likely than young women to consume porn regularly- are not aware of, or concerned by, this aggression.
@OurWatchAus
#vaw
#violenceagainstwomen
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Congratulations,
@chanel_contos
and all the other advocates who have worked tirelessly to see holistic, age-appropriate consent education included in the new Australian Curriculum. So good!
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It’s not so much a question of if your child will see it, as when they will. If you think or know your child has accessed porn, here's how you can respond. Another free
#parent
tip sheet available for download. Please feel free to share with others.
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Pornography is not just fantasy on a screen. It is shaping reality in unprecedented ways. New
#Australian
#research
found that porn has become a default sex educator for young people today.
@OurWatchAus
@theage
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The ways that pornography reflects, reinforces & eroticises the drivers of
#violenceagainstwomen
, combined with high levels of exposure & access to
#pornography
at a critical time in their development, makes it an important issue to address with young people. (1/2)
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There is growing concern that
#porn
’s influence is normalising sexual
#coercion
& aggression – amongst both young people & adults.
#consent
#pornography
#sexualhealth
#sexed
#education
#onlinesafety
#pwaw
#vaw
#genderequality
#equality
#violenceagainstwomen
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Thank you to
@abcnews
for profiling this project that I feel deeply proud to have been a part of. The
#TalkingRespect
resources were developed with young people and are free for download.
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'Parents: What do young people need to know about porn?' Another free
#parent
tip sheet available for download. Please feel free to share with others.
#sexed
#education
#schools
#parenting
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Comprehensive, age-appropriate sexuality & relationships education can help prevent violence. Delighted to be part of tonight’s round table about better
#consent
education for young Australians. (1/2)
@teachusconsent
@HayleyFoster_
@Kate_Jenkins_
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Young people deserve so much more. They deserve open conversations about sex and relationships that speak to real life influences such as pornography – which does a terrible job at consent!
#consent
#milkshakevideo
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Given that most young people are getting at least some of their
#sexeducation
from porn, this is a conversation we can't put off any longer. Young people are telling us that they want to talk about porn. Now it's up to us to make that conversation happen
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We are thrilled to launch our pornography, young people & sexuality online training today! Years in the making, this self-paced course has been developed for professionals who work with young people across a wide range of sectors. Spread the word!
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Governments, industry, consumers, educators, parents – we have to do more, as a society, to stop this runaway train before more damage is done.
#respect
#AusPol
#education
#consent
#violenceagainstwomen
#women
#genderequality
#equality
#parenting
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If you're ready to address the impacts of porn with young people in your life, here are some examples of the sorts of messages young people need to hear about
#pornography
.
#consent
#respect
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I asked a few experts if they think porn is shaping the sexual tastes & behaviours of young people...
#parents
#parenting
#AusPol
#teachers
@MichaelGLFlood
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It was a real honour to be part of this roundtable. The young survivors who shared their stories provided powerful and important insights into why
#sexualityeducation
needs to address
#consent
,
#coercion
and real world influences like pornography.
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The most popular porn often depicts aggression towards
#women
& non-consensual behaviours. It’s not marginal, it’s mainstream.
#vaw
#violenceagainstwomen
#pvaw
#equality
#gender
#genderequality
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Addressing pornography’s influence with
#students
may feel a bit daunting for many schools, but this new article, which I co-authored with
@MichaelGLFlood
, outlines a framework for how
#schools
can do ‘pornography education’
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48% of boys see porn by the age of 13. It has become default educator.
#Schools
and
#parents
are up against it trying to support boys to develop respectful, consenting relationships & sexuality in that environment.
#Sexuality
#education
needs to address pornography’s influence.
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8 year old Lilly felt she needed to try to please & appease her dad to prevent his violence. Her 13 year old brother, Liam, felt responsible for protecting her. You can hear their stories in
@jessradio
’s conference keynote.
@SFVAustralia
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9
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Yesterday, with Women's Safety Services of Central Australia &
#TennantCreek
Womens Refuge I am so pleased to have launched
#TalkingRespect
- a new, free, online education resource, developed in collaboration with young people in Central Australia. (1/4)
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The porn that
#youngpeople
see communicates a whole range of deeply problematic messages about sex, but also about
#gender
,
#power
, aggression, bodies, pleasure,
#sexuality
,
#consent
& race.
#genderequality
#women
#onlinesafety
@NZOFLC
#Auspol
#parents
#covid19australia
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If schools don't address porn as part of sex education, many young people will be left to navigate this significant - and problematic - influence alone.
#schools
#parents
#education
#parenting
#sexualhealth
#sexed
#school
#teachers
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This new article, which I co-authored with
@MichaelGLFlood
, outlines a framework for how
#schools
can do ‘pornography education.’
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As well as changing the systems & structures that so often fail
#women
, we need to address the contributing factors that drive & promote
#violenceagainstwomen
. Porn must be a part of the big picture.
#AusPol
*Source - Shor 2019.
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A ‘new normal’ in
#pornography
is here, & it’s providing a disturbing model of
#sexuality
for young people today.
#VAW
#violenceagainstwomen
#genderequality
#women
#itstimewetalked
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It's only when we truly understand something that we can effectively work to prevent it. If you listen to one thing today, make it
@jessradio
's
#TheTrap
podcast.
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By waiting until young people have seen
#pornography
before we discuss it with them, we are leaving them to navigate pornography’s influence without our support, potentially increasing the risk of harms.
@tanya_plibersek
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In this great article,
@KerriSackville
takes the popular ‘consent is like tea’ metaphor & extends it to include
#pleasure
. A focus on pleasure is key for ensuring
#consent
is
#enthusiastic
.
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The first FREE
#parent
tip sheet in our new series is 'A new normal is here' supporting
#parents
to understand how & why young people are engaging with porn & how it is impacting them.
#SexEducation
#SexEd
#consent
#parenting
#PornEducation
#AusParents
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#BillieEilish
has described how she was impacted by porn from age 11. In an interview on the
#HowardSternShow
, Eilish he explained that seeing violent & abusive porn gave her nightmares, “destroyed” her brain & impacted on her sexual experiences.
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This episode of
@jessradio
's The Trap is a fascinating exploration of how domestic abuse and violence sit within broader cultures of inequalities. It covers a lot of challenging territory & asks important questions!
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We need to eroticise
#mutuality
&
#consent
& help young
#men
catch a vision of how fantastic
#sexuality
can be when everyone involved feels really good about what is happening. But we are not having that conversation with them. The porn industry is.
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Young
#women
I have spoken to over the years commonly describe struggling to respond to pressure from partners. New research by
@OurWatchAus
reported the same themes. ttps://itstimewetalked.com/young-people/so-what-now/
#relationships
#teen
#vaw
#gbv
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Excited that my copy of
#WelcometoConsent
by
@yumichild
&
@DrMelissaKang
has arrived! It’s so good!
#Parents
, I encourage you to read it with your kids. It’s great inspiration for how to have open, clear, warm conversations with our kids about consent (1/2)
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Parents can play a critical role in helping young people navigate porn's influence.
#parenting
#parents
#consent
#sexeducation
#respectfulrelationships
#education
#Parent
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The ways that pornography reflects, reinforces & eroticises the drivers of
#violenceagainstwomen
, combined with young people’s high levels of exposure & access at a critical time in their development, makes
#pornography
an important issue to address with young people. (1/2)
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Please feel free to share our free
#parent
tip sheets on navigating the impacts of pornography with young people.
#parents
#parenting
#education
#teens
#thetalk
#sexuality
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Like
@rhiannonlucyc
, I stand in solidarity with the young
#women
calling out the harms of
#porn
. Expecting women to re-enact porn is not
#SexPositivity
. It’s just another version of the same, tired model of female sexual subservience.
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Great
@RadioNational
podcast featuring the insightful
@michaelglflood
and a dad who conducted his own online experiment to understand where internet algorithms are sending his son…
#toxicmasculinity
#masculinity
#dad
#esafety
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For too long,
#misogyny
has been dismissed or underestimated. It needs to be understood for what it is: a dangerous ideology that we can't afford to ignore.
#ViolenceAgainstWomen
@EverydaySexism
@OurWatchAus
@jessradio
@MichaelGLFlood
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There's a good reason this topic has its own episode in
@jessradio
's
#TheTrap
: The consequences of having perpetrators in
#police
ranks are devastating. (2/2)
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A huge congratulations and thanks to
@jessradio
for her unwavering commitment to these challenging but crucial conversations which we need to have as a society.
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Yes, pornography is a challenging issue... but we can’t afford to ignore its contribution to gender-based violence.
#vaw
#pvaw
#genderequality
#gender
@SMH
@jessradio
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Sally Beadle
@UNESCO
presented at
#YTHlive
about
#SwitchedOn
#SexualityEducation
research with youth from 112 countries. Digital spaces were 2nd most common & preferred source for info about sex. Youth said the more taboo the topic, the more likely they are to seek info online.
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Many young women feel they need to fake liking the sex their partners want. Even if they don’t enjoy it. As this insightful article by
@annielord8
explains,
#women
are taught by porn & by broader society to seek male validation & prioritise male pleasure.
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I am delighted to be presenting at
#PreventX
on why pornography is a violence prevention issue we can’t afford to ignore. Registrations still open:
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Pornography is a sensitive & confronting topic in the context of
#education
for young people but
#schools
are important sites for education to address
#pornography
’s influence.
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It’s great that
@billieeilish
has opened up this conversation. How many more stories like hers do we need to hear before we grasp the scale & significance of this issue & find the courage to tackle it?
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In this new article,
@MichaelGLFlood
and I offer a proposed practice framework for
#school
-based pornography education.
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1
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The fourth FREE
#parent
tip sheet in our newly updated series is 'How
#parents
can start the porn talk'. Please share with anyone you think will find it useful.
#SexEducation
#SexEd
#consent
#parenting
#PornEducation
#AusParents
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Too often, the concept of
#sexpositivity
has served not to liberate young
#women
but, rather, to silence & disempower them, leaving them feeling obliged to engage in the sex their partner wants - even if it feels unpleasant, painful or scary.
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1. If your first go at the
#porn
talk wasn’t all you had hoped for, here are a few tips for making it easier on you & your child.
#OnlineSafety
#parents
#AusPol
#parenting
#children
#education
#AusEdu
#respectfulrelationships
#youngpeople
#thetalk
#itstimewetalked
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When the sexual script we inherit - from partners, peers, pop culture & porn - eroticises
#genderinequality
& often, aggression, it increases the risk that women’s experiences of sex will fall somewhere on a continuum from unsatisfying to traumatic. (1/3)
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It was an honour to present today about why addressing pornography’s influence needs to be part of
#respectfulrelationships
education. Thanks to
@dvvic
@dvrcv
for the invitation. The other presenters were awesome. (1/3)
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Pornography
#education
is a necessary inclusion in school curricula. Our recently published
@SexEdJournal
journal article outlines a framework for best practice in school-based
#ducation
.
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15
A Detective Senior Sergeant recently told the ABC, "We're seeing boys & young men with unrestricted access to porn on their smartphones when mum & dad are cooking dinner. Their 1st sexual experience is through porn. And they're thinking, that's how I've got to treat a woman.”
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#Sexpositive
feminism was never about giving men a free pass to
#choke
#women
in bed without their
#consent
(1/9) -
@rhiannonlucyc
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1. I often hear from
#parents
who want to address the influence of porn with the young people in their lives, but don't know where to start. Please feel free to share these free
#parent
tip sheets with anyone who may find them useful:
#parenting
#parents
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The most recent study of Australian secondary school students and sexual health by La Trobe University has found that 39.5% of the 6,841 students from years 9 to 12 surveyed have had unwanted sex.
#sexualassault
#consent
(1/6)
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Better
#sexualityeducation
CAN help to counter the lessons young people take from
#pornography
.
#respectfulrelationships
#consent
#schools
#teachers
0
5
12
The 'Unhealthy Relationships' video from
#TalkingRespect
explores the characteristics that can help young people to identify the health of a relationship. Visit the website for more videos like this + free downloadable resources.
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5
10
It is not uncommon for young people to see pornography. Here are a few key takeaways that are important to convey when talking to young people about porn, courtesy of our new education resource
#TalkingRespect
.
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Make no mistake, young people are seeing porn and if we don’t support them to navigate porn’s influence, then we’re leaving them to have their
#sexuality
shaped by the porn industry.
0
1
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Young people I've spoken with have expressed an awareness that porn is 'make believe' even though the sex is real. But often they'll then go on to describe the ways in which pornography has shaped their sexual expectations.
#sexuality
#education
#parenting
#schools
#teachers
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Why do
#youngpeople
need to hear about porn BEFORE they see it? Because unfortunately, there is no on-screen warning saying "Don't try this at home".
@HuffPost
#Auspol
#Ausedu
#parenting
#onlinesafety
#covid19
#covid19Australia
0
6
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Unfortunately, it's never been easier for young people to access porn online. But the good news is that there are ways we can minimise its harms among young people, including providing better education at
#school
. Great article from
@MichaelGLFlood
#vaw
0
4
11
Stopping attacks like these against young
#women
requires addressing the cultural influences that normalise and eroticise
#genderinequality
and sexualised violence - and nothing communicates those messages more powerfully than porn.
#auspol
1
7
12
Pornography (sexually explicit media, primarily intended to arouse the audience) is a powerful medium for conveying messages about
#sex
,
#relationships
,
#gender
roles &
#masculinity
&
#femininity
. Like other forms of media, pornography reproduces social norms about these issues.
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8
13
Over 90% of boys & over 60% of girls have seen pornography by the time they're 16. Here's what YOU can do about it
#OnlineSafety
#parenting
#parents
#ParentingInLockdown
#vaw
#pvaw
1
5
12
There are 4 expressions of
#genderinequality
that consistently predict higher rates of violence against women. These are reflected in
#pornography
in the following ways: Download the infographic here via
@OurWatchAus
(2/2)
#AusPol
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4
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If your first go at a porn talk wasn’t all you had hoped for, this free resource might help. Please feel free to share with anyone who might find it helpful.
#consent
#parenting
#sexualityeducation
#parents
#parent
0
5
12
Pornography is a sensitive and challenging topic, but it has become an issue we cannot afford to ignore.
@OurWatchAus
#violenceagainstwomen
#women
#sexeducation
#respectfulrelationships
0
1
12
"If we introduce mandatory, explicit consent education throughout the schooling years, hundreds of thousands of young people will be saved from
#SexualAssault
. It's as simple as that. Decision-makers, get this done."
@HayleyFoster_
0
1
12
The aggression in mainstream
#pornography
is overwhelmingly directed towards
#women
& the message to viewers is that
#girls
& women like it when
#men
hit, choke or gag them.
#vaw
#pvaw
#genderequality
#domesticviolence
#ViolenceAgainstWomen
0
6
12
33% of the almost 4,000 young people surveyed for
#SwitchedOn
said videos are their preferred format for digital
#SexualityEducation
; 32% prefer to learn from erotic content. Porn is a poor sex educator. Contemporary
#SexEd
needs to address porn's influence
#Teachers
#YTHlive
0
5
12
Interesting conversations featuring porn on
@TheDrum
re dating, relationships & sex with
@tarang_chawla
@nattencic
@bellagreenery
@JaneCaro
@bairdjulia
@DrVinCornelisse
&
@letsgetrowdie
#thedrum
(1/3)
1
5
11
If you're a
#parent
like me who thinks we need to be having better conversations about
#sexuality
,
#pleasure
,
#consent
&
#respectfulrelationships
with the young people in our lives, then I urge you to watch 'Sex Education' on
@Netflix
. (1/2)
#SexEducation
#SexEd
#consent
3
5
12
Porn is not just fantasy on a screen. It is having real world impacts & must be addressed in real world environments. Our
@SexEdJournal
article outlines why
#schools
are an ideal location for
#education
to address
#pornography
@MichaelGLFlood
0
5
12
In
#PNG
, a
#woman
is beaten every 30 seconds, but last year only 250 people were prosecuted & 100 convicted - despite 15,444 reports of
#domesticviolence
. That level of impunity leaves victims at extreme risk. (1/2)
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0
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Next week, I - together with Women's Safety Services of Central Australia (WoSSCA) and Tennant Creek Women's Refuge - will be launching an exciting new project called
#TalkingRespect
. Watch this space.
1
2
12
Gender inequality is the key driver of
#violenceagainstwomen
. Not only does pornography commonly portray a particularly concentrated and toxic version of
#genderinequality
, it suggests that it is sexy.
#pwaw
#vaw
1
6
11
How can you protect your
#child
from porn's influence? Start by making your home environment as safe as possible. Helpful tips for
#parents
from the
@eSafetyOffice
#parenting
#esafety
#onlinesafety
#education
#childsafety
#covid19
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"By addressing the attitudes & behaviours that sit behind
#coercivecontrol
— including
#sexism
,
#ableism
,
#homophobia
&
#colonisation
— we can ultimately prevent
#familyviolence
&
#violenceagainstwomen
."
@Respect__Vic
(1/2)
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2
11
“Addressing the influence of pornography on children & young people requires collaborative & courageous leadership. Talk about it. In the staffroom. In the boardroom. In parliament”.
@chloeshorten
#sexualassault
#esafety
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Silence on these issues enables perpetrators & disempowers victim-survivors. Without conversations like these young people find it difficult to speak up, or ask for help. Open, calm conversations help create cultures of safety & respect. (2/2)
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