Think about the first time you had sex. Do you remember feeling ready? Were you sure you were doing something you really wanted to? That the other person was? Do you remember communicating consent – yours and theirs? If you didn’t answer “yes” to all of those questions – why?
In this talk, Elaine Byrnes, discusses the reasons why we may not answer "yes" to all of these questions, outlining how most of us didn’t learn basic skills in sexual communication through our school based sex education. Consent wasn’t even considered. And, what the global impact could be on rates of sexual assault and violence if comprehensive sexuality education was available to all young people.
Elaine is a Doctoral Researcher at the School of Psychology, NUI, Galway. Her research area of interest is sexual behaviour, particularly the communication of consent. She has contributed to the Human Sexuality, Social Psychology and Developmental Psychology modules as a lecturer.
Elaine is the main author of the SHAG Report (2017), the most comprehensive review of sexual behaviour and attitudes ever undertaken in Ireland with a college population. She is an experienced facilitator of Consent Programmes with second and third level students, and at second level also co-facilitates a module in sexual health.
She is a regular media contributor on issues related to sexual behaviour, education and consent. #AskConsent
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
