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Putting consent, respect and empathy at the heart of s*x education • Founded by @chanelc
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Today we’re launching the #FixOurFeeds campaign.

Teach Us Consent is calling on the Australian Government to introduce a world-leading opt-in feature for social media algorithms. This will bring affirmative, informed consent to our digital lives by giving us real control: algorithm-free feeds by default, with the ability to opt in, or out, at any time.

Why? Because across Australia, young men and boys are being systemically radicalised online through a constant feed of harmful misogynistic content. And it’s directly contributing to the nation’s worsening crisis of gender-based violence.

Most young men are not looking for anti-feminist content, but the invisible code behind our screens seems determined to make sure it finds them. Victims of s*xual assault and harassment deserve better. Young men being targeted and led down these spurious rabbit holes deserve better too.

Read and sign our open letter to the Prime Minister on our website. Link in bio. by @teachusconsent

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10 months ago

Today we’re hard launching something we’ve been working on for a while: over 100 resources made by and for young people to learn about consent, harm prevention and healthy relationships.

Get confident with consent and relationships at teachusconsent.com or through the link in our bio.

WARNING: This content may contain flashing images or patterns that could trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy by @teachusconsent

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S*xual strangulation or ‘choking’ has become increasingly common, mirroring what’s commonly shown in online p*rn. But experts warn there’s actually no safe way to do it.

Sources:
•Sharman, L.S., Fitzgerald, R. & Douglas, H. Prevalence of Sexual Strangulation/Choking Among Australian 18–35 Year-Olds (2025).
•Conte I, Sharman LS, Douglas H. Choking/Strangulation During Sex: Understanding and Negotiating “Safety” Among 18-35 Year Old Australians (2025).
•Sharman, L. S., Fitzgerald, R. & Douglas, H. Strangulation During Sex Among Undergraduate Students in Australia: Toward Understanding Participation, Harms, and Education (2024).

This post contains sensitive content. Please engage with care and compassion for yourself and switch off at any point. If you are feeling concerned or distressed, please seek support. You can call 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732, or visit http://1800RESPECT.org.au for online chat and video call services), the Men’s Referral Service (1300 766 491), Lifeline (13 11 14) or 13YARN (13 92 76). If you feel unsafe now, call 000. by @teachusconsent

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Here’s a hopeful reminder that many young people are having safe and positive s*xual experiences, and are speaking to each other about what they enjoy and what their boundaries are.

Swipe to see the encouraging stats that have come out of Australia’s largest and longest running study on the s*xual health of school-aged young people.

Source: The 8th Australian Survey of Secondary Students and S*xual Health by Australian Research Centre in S*x, Health and Society at Latrobe University. by @teachusconsent

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Text messages between Jane Doe and one of the seven men accused of s*xual assault at Cornell may point to the fawn response.

Swipe to learn what ‘fawning’ is, how it can show up after s*xual assault, and why misunderstanding it leads to victim-survivors being unfairly blamed.

This post contains sensitive content. Please engage with care and compassion for yourself and switch off at any point. If you are feeling concerned or distressed, please seek support. You can call 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732, or visit http://1800RESPECT.org.au for online chat and video call services), the Men’s Referral Service (1300 766 491), Lifeline (13 11 14) or 13YARN (13 92 76). If you feel unsafe now, call 000. by @teachusconsent

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In last week’s newsletter, Elizabeth* shared her experience of s*xtortion as a teenager, and how the fear of criminal charges made her afraid to seek support.

She was just 13 when Billy* threatened to leak her nudes if she didn’t share more intimate images. Swipe to read her full story.

If you’re in Australia, you can confidentially report s*xtortion, or any image-based abuse, online to @esafetyoffice

Subscribe to our newsletter at the link in our bio. We publish weekly essays, and relationships and consent education from thought-leaders around the world.

This post contains sensitive content. Please engage with care and compassion for yourself and switch off at any point. If you are feeling concerned or distressed, please seek support. You can call 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732, or visit 1800RESPECT.org.au for online chat and video call services), the Men’s Referral Service (1300 766 491), Lifeline (13 11 14) or 13YARN (13 92 76). If you feel unsafe now, call 000. by @teachusconsent

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The horrifying allegations out of Cornell University are a reminder that institutions must take s*xual violence allegations seriously and must be held accountable when they fail to protect people.

Swipe through to learn what ‘institutional betrayal’ is, how it harms victim-survivors and what accountability looks like in practice.

This post contains sensitive content. Please engage with care and compassion for yourself and switch off at any point. If you are feeling concerned or distressed, please seek support. You can call 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732, or visit 1800RESPECT.org.au for online chat and video call services), the Men’s Referral Service (1300 766 491), Lifeline (13 11 14) or 13YARN (13 92 76). If you feel unsafe now, call 000. by @teachusconsent

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From pools to schools, smart glasses are getting banned across Australia. Most of these bans are happening at a local level, with councils stepping in to prohibit covert filming at public locations. This week, WA took things a step further with the state’s education minister rolling out a ban that would mean smart glasses aren’t permitted anywhere on school premises from the start of term four.

Though local-level bans are a step in the right direction, that alone won’t fix the problems that wearable tech introduces. We must also be having a broader conversation about what we see as acceptable when it comes to filming and sharing without consent. That’s why we’re working with @starburstinsights to better understand how Australians feel about smart glasses, the harms they’re worried about, and what they want done about it. Let us know in the comments what you think needs to be done. by @teachusconsent

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18 days ago

New @unimelb research led by Dr Sara Meger found that 1 in 3 teen boys expressed misogynistic attitudes and that Gen Z men hold more hostile views towards women than their grandfathers.

Our founder and CEO @chanelc joined Dr Meger on @bbcnews to unpack what’s driving it all, including how recommendation algorithms are amplifying content that’s contributing to the increase in misogynistic attitudes in young men.

#Misogyny #Algorithms #OnlineSafety by @teachusconsent

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19 days ago

New research found that 95% of heterosexual women have experienced some sort of psychological or emotional abuse or precursors to abuse on dating apps in the past three months.

The study from the Behavioural Insights Team, funded by Minderoo Foundation, surveyed more than 1,000 women and on average, they reported experiencing 19 of 39 behaviours identified as abusive.

What stands out most is the gap between what women report and what they actually experience. Clear, discrete policy violations like unwanted images and catfishing get reported. Psychologically manipulative and coercive behaviours, like love bombing, gaslighting and negging were reported far less. This suggests these subtler behaviours have become so normalised that many people don’t see them as serious enough to report or don’t know how to categorise them within existing platform reporting systems.

Safety by design must anticipate all harms, not just the ones that neatly fit a category and are easy to report or prove. by @teachusconsent

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As relationships progress, some people can start treating access to intimacy as a given. But it’s important to never assume everything is always on the table.

There will be times in a relationship when s*x happens less often. That’s not always easy, but it’s important to respect your partners’ right to say yes and no. A “not tonight” shouldn’t threaten the relationship.

Healthy intimacy is built on mutual desire, not obligation. by @teachusconsent

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