Alliance members are invited to network with fellow colleagues and hear from renowned expert Maree Crabbe on the issues of pornography, sexualisation and their impact on girls today. The event will be kindly hosted by Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School.
Pornography, young people and sexuality today
Over the past decade or so, pornography has become both more mainstream and more hardcore. For young people growing up in this era of ever-new and accessible technology, it is almost impossible to avoid exposure to pornography. Consumption – particularly for young men – has become normalised, with significant consequences for young women. The ways young people understand and experience gender and sex are being influenced by what they – or their partners or peers – observe in porn, with serious implications for their capacity to negotiate free and full consent, for mutual respect, for sexual health, and for gender equality.
Addressing pornography’s influence is a challenging task, but ignoring it is no longer an option. Porn isn’t going to go away. Schools can play a critical role in supporting girls to navigate relationships and sexuality that are respectful, safe and fully consenting in an age of pornography.
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Please note arrival time is 3.45pm for a 4.00pm start.
Location: Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, Performing Arts Centre, Corner of Upper Heidelberg Road and Noel Street. (Entrance off Noel Street)
Parking: Available in Upper Heidelberg Road or ample parking is available behind The Centre Ivanhoe (opposite the Ivanhoe Girls’ Performing Arts Centre)
Alliance networking and light refreshments will be in the Doris Walker Lecture Theatre Foyer following Maree Crabbe’s talk.
About Maree Crabbe
Maree Crabbe coordinates the Australian violence project Reality & Risk: Pornography, young people and sexuality.
She is co-producer and co-director of the documentary films Love and Sex in an Age of Pornography, broadcast in 9 countries, and The Porn Factor, broadcast in Australia. She is also author of In The Picture – a resource to support secondary schools to address the influence of explicit sexual imagery.
Maree has worked with young people – and on issues affecting young people – for over 20 years. She has developed and delivered programs focusing on sexual violence prevention, sexual diversity, pornography and the prevention of sexually transmissible infections.
Maree’s contributions to public discourse about young people, sexuality and pornography include radio and television interviews, and articles in online and print media.
