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Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Rape Culture in Schools and Tackling Sexual Violence Amongst Young People with Sophie Whitehead

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8651 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Sophie Whitehead, who is a writer, researcher, and sex educator currently working on her PhD at King’s College London about the nature of teen ‘rape culture’ in the online era. Sophie speaks all about what rape culture in schools actually looks like and how teachers can counteract this by embedding principles of consent and empathy in all aspects of school. Hannah and Sophie discuss the delicate nuance of addressing instances of sexual violence in school in a way that takes care of the survivor, but also works towards educating and reintegrating the perpetrator. Finally, they also talk about how to avoid the trap of alienating LGBTQ+ students and reinforcing gender stereotypes when discussing sexual assault in sex ed, what Sophie thinks about single versus mixed sex education, and why assemblies are a terrible way to address sexual violence or any matters of sex ed!

CW: rape culture and sexual violence

MORE ABOUT SOPHIE WHITEHEAD

Sophie is a writer, researcher, and sex educator. She's currently halfway through her PhD at King's College London, where she's researching the nature of teen 'rape culture' in the online era.

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0:00.0

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0:05.2

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0:12.1

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0:21.7

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0:25.2

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0:36.1

Hi everyone, welcome back to Doing It, the Sex and Relationships podcast where sex has never been so nerdy with me, your host, Hannah Whitten.

0:45.1

In this week's episode, I am joined by Sophie Whitehead. Sophie is a writer, researcher and sex educator.

0:52.3

She's currently working on her PhD at King's College London,

0:56.4

where she's researching the nature of teen rape culture in the online era and the experiences

1:02.4

of young people at the intersection of this. And she also works with the School of Sex Ed on

1:07.5

using sex education to combat rape culture in schools. I really wanted to speak to Sophie

1:13.0

as addressing sexual violence and rape culture within school environments is so important and so I wanted

1:19.0

to share more of her expertise and advice on the topic. Sophie and I spoke all about what rape culture

1:24.9

in schools actually looks like and how teachers can

1:27.6

counter at this by embedding principles of consent and empathy in all aspects of school.

1:33.5

We discussed the delicate nuance of addressing instances of sexual violence in school in a way

1:38.4

that takes care of the survivor, but also works towards educating and reintegrating the perpetrator.

1:49.0

We also talked about how to avoid the trap of alienating LGBTQ plus students and reinforcing gender stereotypes when discussing sexual assault in sex ed.

1:53.0

What Sophie thinks about single versus mixed gender, sex education,

1:58.0

and why assemblies are a terrible way to address sexual violence or any matters

2:03.1

of sex ed. I found this chat so useful in understanding more about the impact of online exposure

2:09.0

on young people and how schools can be doing more to address peer-on-peer sexual violence.

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