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Love Bites Program

Session 1 + 2 Sexual Assault


Introduction & Group Agreement (10 minutes)
Reading out what the day is about and its purpose of doing the day.
Discuss the group agreement (everyone should feel safe, respect one
anothers thoughts, opinions, culture and religion, there is a chill out space
if students need some time to themselves, teachers are required to report
anything that they find to be harmful towards students)
Truth & Lies (20 minutes)
Three signs are put up around the room (agree, disagree and not sure).
About 20 statements are read out:
- Men that sexually assault children and women just need sex, they cant
control themselves.
- Sexual assault doesnt happen very often.
- Majority of young men never sexually assault (3% of men are repeat
sexual offenders. 97% of men have not committed sexual assault)
- You are most likely to be sexually assaulted by someone you know (8090% of sexual assault is towards someone they know)
- Sexually offenders were sexually abused when they were younger (not
backed up by much evidence. If it was true, we would expect more
offenders to be female as 1 in 3 women have been sexually assaulted. But
statistics stat that men are high offenders.)
Students choose whether they agree, disagree or are not sure by standing
where the signs are put up. Once everyone has made a decision, teacher
reads out the facts and statistics about that statement. Students are now
aware of these facts.
Definitions (10 minutes)
Discuss the difference between sexual assault and sexual harassment.
Two different types of sexual assault (aggravated sexual assault).
Discuss the laws associated with sexual assault.
Give examples 24 year old male has sexual intercourse with a 13 year
old girl.
Discuss sexual harassment. Have to be a repeated offense.
Examples sexual imitations, sexual jokes, starring, obscene exposure,
act of indecency, indecent assault. A guy grabbing a girl on the breast
without consent.
Discuss the laws associated with sexual harassment.
Talk about the laws with sending and taking sexual images and clips.
Distributing and possession of child pornography.
Defining Consent (20 minutes)
Discus consent. What is and isnt considered as consent.
Give examples of when consent is and isnt given.
Consent cannot be given by anyone that is under the influence of drugs
and alcohol.

Students are split into 4 different groups and are given 4 different
scenarios. Some of the scenarios are when consent are given and some
are not. Students are to answer questions based on what was happening
and whether or not consent was given. Class has a quick discussion about
each of the scenarios. And what could have been done differently.
Lovebites Film (25 minutes)
Students will then watch a 20 minute film. This film is of a 3 girls going to
a party. The film includes scenes of alcohol consumption, photo taking and
sharing and unwanted sexual contact. Students are still in their groups of
4 and are given a character to each focus on.
Party (25 minutes)
Students will then be given a bunch of questions based on their character.
In their groups they answer the questions. Each group then shares with
the class their questions and answers and a class discussion is included.
They focus more in or the different types of crime that was committed
throughout the film.
Bus Stop (5 minutes)
At the end of the film there was a scene where all three girls were at the
bus stop the Monday after the party. The three girls look
ashamed/sad/distressed but none of them want to discuss what happened
at the party. The class discusses the different emotions that were shown
and what happens when people dont talk about their problems. To end
the session we discuss who are the kind of people are that they can speak
to if something doesnt sit right with them.

Session 3 & 4 Domestic Violence


Go Over Group Agreements
Watch video based on domestic violence Angela and Dale
Draw timeline of Angela and Dales relationship discuss the
escalation of their relationships and the people that became victimised.
Read statistics that are associated with domestic violence.
Discussion on relationships with respect and without respect and
the characteristics of these:
With Respect: happy, affection, consensual and safe sex, listening,
attitude, feel protected, fairness, feeling free (able to hang out with other
people)
Without Respect: violence, yelling, threatening, ignoring, controlling, sex
without consent, needing permission (having to ask), isolating from
friends and family, humiliation, fighting, choosing friends, no loyalty,
commitment
Mix and match Students are given a piece of paper with forms of abuse
on them (verbal abuse, physical abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse,
cyber bullying, ) Carmel then reads of characteristics of these different
forms and the students and to match them with the different forms of

abuse.
Bystander Activity students are put into groups and given scenarios
where bystanders are involved. The students work together and discuss
what is happening and what the bystander did or didnt do and what they
could have done differently.
Fact or Crap Activity a bunch of scenarios are read out and student
display on their pieces of paper whether they believe it is a fact or
whether it is crap.
- Alcohol is the only cause of relationship violence (often used as an
excuse takes away their responsibility)
- It is easy for a girl or women to leave a violent relationship (it takes
about 7 attempts before a women leaves)
- Violent males come from violent homes
- Young people want to have healthy and respectful relationships
Recap and thank you for participating

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