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To raise awareness of the continued blaming of those who are s*xually assaulted. Historically, the term ‘slut’ has carried a predominantly negative connotation.
Join us in our mission to spread the word that those who experience s*xual assault are not the ones at fault, without exception. Sexual assault remains the most under-reported of crimes due to the fact the the victim is often blamed and shamed.
1 in 4 women or girls you know have been s*xually assaulted; normally by someone they know, in their own homes. Men, boys, trans, inters*x - ALL HUMANS ar
26/05/2025
Thank you to everyone at Teach Us Consent for these resources
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12/03/2025
This is why we started SlutWalk Perth 14 years ago and not much has changed.
We need to keep agitating for change and accountability. We need to be teaching consent and role-modelling consensual behaviour to children throughout their lifespan.
**eculturesux
The story of a 12-year-old girl subjected to r**e threats by classmates has exploded from our community conversation here on the page to today's Herald Sun.
When I shared this mother's plea two days ago, around 2000 of you responded with outrage and support. You amplified her voice. You demanded better. Together, we've forced this conversation into the national spotlight.
But headlines aren't enough. The Herald Sun reports that after FIVE WEEKS and TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS, both boys remain in class with their victim. The school's response? An "apology letter" that took two weeks to materialise. This isn't accountability. It's administrative theater.
The article quotes me calling this a "catastrophic failure of leadership" because that's exactly what it is. When girls are told their education must continue alongside those who threatened to r**e them, we're sending a devastating message about whose wellbeing matters.
⁉️ Why are these boys still in her class?
⁉️ What are they doing on Discord? It's a minimum 13+ app.
⁉️ Will the parents demand better of their boys?
⁉️ And the biggest question of all: What happens next?
Will we see real policy change, or just momentary outrage? Will our education departments establish clear, meaningful consequences for s*xual harassment, or will we continue sacrificing girls' education while protecting boys from meaningful consequences?
This brave mother and daughter have done their part. The media has done theirs. We've done ours by amplifying.
Now it's time for educational leaders and policymakers to do theirs.
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Full story from the Herald Sun, 12/3/25:
A 12-year-old Victorian state school student was the subject of both a r**e joke and a r**e threat from two of her male classmates in the first five weeks of year seven, sparking national outrage.
The devastated mother of the Bundoora Secondary College student is calling for the perpetrators to be suspended from school until they pass a consent and respectful relationship class.
The issue has already become a national talking point, with parenting author and writer Justin Coulson calling it a “catastrophic failure of leadership” and a “character-defining moment for schools, families, and communities”.
Victoria Police are conducting inquiries into an incident that occurred on March 4 involving a Bundoora Secondary College student who sent a text over instant messaging platform Discord during school hours threatening to r**e his female classmate.
In screenshots seen by the Herald Sun, the boy joked he was a “s*x worker” and said if the female student wasn’t “careful”, he would r**e her.
Other screen shots in the class Discord chat talked about “epic ra**ng”, “ball sac licking”, “plastic vaginas” and “pov bi***es trynna eat my dic”.
The incident occurred just five weeks after the same female victim – a Year 7 student at the school – was s*xually harassed by a different male pupil, who also made a suggestive “joke” about ra**ng her.
Despite the harrowing events, the mother said both boys remained in her daughter’s class, with the girl adding the incidents have made her “feel uncomfortable going to school”.
It’s understood the school has established that students were using private chat groups during school hours, but has been unable to verify who sent specific messages.
A Department of Education spokesperson said the school “takes allegations of harassment very seriously while providing wellbeing support to impacted students”.
However, the girl said: “It feels like the principals of the school I go to don’t care for my safety (or) health.”
The girl’s mother said: “This isn’t just happening at my daughter’s school – it’s happening across Victoria, across Australia”.
“At what point do we recognise this as the crisis it truly is?” she said.
Following the first incident, the male perpetrator was told he had to write an “apology letter” to the girl, which the mother alleged took two weeks of “following up” it was received.
The school is investigating the second incident and cannot speak publicly about disciplinary matters, but the principal told the girl’s mother in an email such behaviour was “not a matter of expulsion”.
The girl’s mother described the incidents as “a slow-motion car crash that everyone could see coming but no one would prevent”.
“I’m devastated for my daughter who’s experienced something no child should, twice in just five weeks. Not the start to high school she ever expected,” she said.
The mother is urgently calling on state and federal governments to provide schools with improved resources and training to deal with rising rates of peer-on-peer s*xual assaults and the impact of po*******hy on young boys.
The latest Bundoora Secondary College incident occurred less than two weeks after a 16-year-old boy allegedly circulated s*xually explicit, AI-generated photos featuring the faces of at least 10 female students from a northwestern suburbs high school. He was arrested before being released by police.
A Collective Shout survey found two thirds of Australian teachers reported they had witnessed students s*xually harassing their peers, with children as young as three engaging in s*xualised behaviour in the classroom.
Collective Shout movement director Melinda Tankard Reist said the stories of s*xual harassment and peer-to-peer assault were “getting worse and (the children) are getting younger”.
The author and advocate suggested schools have a code of conduct students have to sign to acknowledge what is expected of them and the consequences if they breach it.
“Teachers in our report wanted stronger penalties, more disciplinary action, and to be supported in taking that action for the sake of other students and for themselves as teachers,” she said.
Dr Coulson also called for schools to respond with consequences proportionate to the harm caused and for boys who demonstrate these behaviours to receive immediate, intensive intervention focused on responsibility and empathy.
He said there was a need for “clear pathways for boys to repair harm, not just ‘do their time’” and robust support for victims that prioritised their continued access to education.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said officers “received a report following online harassment on March 4”.
“Inquiries are ongoing,” she said.
~ Herald Sun, 12/3/25
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