Teaching Consent: Real voices from the Consent Classroom

by Jane Gilmore

In the great tradition of small books on large topics, Teaching Consent tells the stories of children, teens, teachers, and educators in consent and respectful relationship classes.
Jane Gilmore has been writing and speaking about domestic and sexual violence for over a decade. Now she is working with Deanne Carson, who spent that same decade teaching consent, body safety, and respectful relationships to children and young people from Early Childhood through to Year Twelve.
This book is the result of their collaboration. Blending memoir, expertise, hilarious anecdotes, and poignant stories from teachers and students, this window into classrooms and schoolyards is a must read for any parent.
"Consent is an everyday word that, if it's embedded young, becomes an unthinking empathetic and considerate approach to any interaction with other people. When little children grow up with this, they need very little help taking it into sexual relationships when they're older."
Teaching Consent describes how we educate children, young and old, about sex, consent, respect, social media, pornography, bullying, sexuality, and gender diversity. It explains why this education is so crucial, how the experts manage different needs and age groups, and the pressure on teachers, families, and students to get this done and get it done right.

Genres: Feminism, Parenting

104 pages, Paperback

First published July 22, 2022

About the author

Jane was the founding editor of The King’s Tribune, which started in 2007 as a newsletter for a Elwood wine bar and ended in 2014 as a national online magazine with a roster of hugely talented writers and a large and loyal readership.

She was now a freelance writer, with a particular interest in feminism, politics, media and anything else that happens to catch her eye.

Reviews

[Leanne Petroff · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good overview covering important aspects of Respectful Relationships education. I recommend to teachers (and parents) new to this space and recommend Chapter 8 ‘Why do we teach teenagers about consensual sex?’ for teachers who’d like some tips on teaching tricky classes. Nicely done, JG!

[Tempy · Rating 4 out of 5]

After meeting Jane a few days ago and buying all her books I feel much more confident in knowing that sex education in schools is improving (especially in comparison to what I received).

This is the book I think any parent who fears sex and consent education in schools should read.

[Caddyshack Project · Rating 3 out of 5]

Caddyshack three word review:
Insightful, poignant & optimistic