Submitted on Sunday 2nd August 2020
Rejected on Monday 10th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Make the teaching of sexual consent compulsory in schools
Rape, sexual abuse and harassment are prevalent issues effecting our society.
More needs to be done to tackle these issues. Children need to be taught what constitutes consentual sex and what actions are considered sexual abuse and harassment as part of the compulsory national curriculum.
The teaching of consent in schools is currently not compulsory.
85,000 women and 12,000 men are raped in England and Wales alone every year.
1 in 5 women aged 16 - 59 has experienced some form of sexual violence since.
Some references:
https://rapecrisis.org.uk/statistics.php
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/09/sexual-consent-lessons-government-criticised-pshea-inadequate
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Consent and sexual assault are already part of the new curriculum on relationships and sex education, which will be mandatory from September. You can find out more here:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education/relationships-and-sex-education-rse-secondary
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