Teaching Resource for Consent

SBS’s documentary series Asking For It explores the sexual revolution we’re seeing now: one that’s taking us from the 'sexual liberation’ of the 1960s and ‘70s to the era of ‘enthusiastic consent’.

With Asking For It journalist Jess Hill, (See What You Made Me Do) reignites a national conversation about the epidemic of sexual violence impacting millions of Australians. From schools to universities, aged care and in institutions - this series asks: how can we create a consent culture?

Over three episodes, Jess joins advocates who are forcefully driving change in Australia and learns why they are insisting on quality consent education, embedded across our national curriculum, from kindergarten onwards. Jess meets the prominent victim survivors spearheading Australia’s consent revolution including Saxon Mullins, Grace Tame, Noelle Martin and Adele (delsi) Moleta who shed light on their experiences navigating the legal system, fighting for law reform and dealing with trauma.

Presenter and Consultant Producer Jess Hill said, “The last sexual revolution liberated us from abstinence culture - thankfully - but it turns out that true sexual freedom is still only for some. As #MeToo has shown, ‘sexual freedom’ can be expressed at great cost to those who’ve had sex they didn’t want. The consent revolution is the next evolutionary step towards a truly liberated sexuality where everyone involved can expect to feel pleasure. I hope this series really gets people thinking about their own life experiences, and pumps new energy into the national movement to end rape culture.”

Throughout the series Jess interviews a range of experts, community groups and consent educators from across Australia and beyond our shores: from the incredible work being done to educate male youth by sex and consent educator Richie Hardcore, to Reset Australia, leading the charge in tackling emerging digital threats. Jess experiences the joy of a consent friendly LGBTQIA+ dance party and reveals the pioneering work in South Africa that’s testing bespoke care centres and courts to create a cocoon of care and justice for victim survivors.

SBS Learn has teaching resources based on selected clips from Asking For It, exploring respect, consent and power through age-appropriate materials for school students. Developed in partnership with the eSafety Commissioner and Body Safety Australia, these resources aim to equip students with the skills to navigate the complexity of healthy and respectful relationships.

The resource includes guiding questions to prompt meaningful discussions, short videos specifically selected for secondary school classroom use, accompanied by discussion prompts and activities, individual, pair and collaborative activities for the classroom, classroom activities with suggested answers and discussion points; and extension activities.