Materials for Relationships and Sex Education
Here’s a ramble ramble about some of the materials I use in RSE together with some ideas for how to use them.
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How I Can Help With Your RSE
With the upcoming changes to RSE becoming a reality next year, a lot of schools will be looking to overhaul their curriculum, find some new resources, and support their staff.
Feminist Relationships and Sex Education
For International Women’s Day we wanted to highlight some of the activities within DO… that you might find useful when teaching about sexism, societal messages about gender, and power dynamics.
RSE Relationships Resources
Putting the relationships into RSE is long overdue. Relationships resources should provide the opportunity to critique relationships and how we do them (and how we are told they should be organised).
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So since working on DO… RSE for Schools I’ve become even more aware that, despite relationships and sex education being such a huge topic, there is often not a lot of support out there for teachers actually delivering it.
What Good RSE Looks Like IMHO
Consultation is under way about relationships and sex education (RSE) but what does good RSE look like? Find out more about the DO… collaboration.
Why We Shouldn’t Show Porn in SRE
I can’t actually believe I’m writing this, but some folk seem to think that showing 15/16 year olds porn in sex and relationships education is a good idea. So I’m going to say why I think it’s a problematic idea: legally, ethically, practically and also why I think there are better and more valuable things[…]
Does Porn Harm Young People?
Most young people watch porn? Porn harms young people? They’re having non-consensual, unsafe sex as a result? No. The evidence points to a more inconclusive and also complicated picture.
Teaching Young People About Fertility
A rant about why what we are and aren’t teaching young people about fertility and sex is harmful to them. This is a transcription of a talk I gave at the Progress Educational Trust Birds, The Bees and Fertility Treatment event.
“Have You Seen That Tea and Consent Video?”
You might have either seen the tea and consent video, or read the original blog (which I much prefer). They are increasingly being used as a teaching tool, which I don’t think is a great idea. So I thought I’d share my thoughts about what the analogy needs to be a more useful resource and why[…]
