Planned Parenthood’s Teen Reality Theater is gearing up for a busy summer and in need of some late season replacements. Young men, ages 14-17, interested in acting and promoting a message of healthy sexuality are encouraged to audition. (The next audition opportunity will be open to all genders.)
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Take steps this Sunday to improve gender relations and end violence against women!
Registration: 11-12:00 noon
Competitions: 12:00 noon
Walk begins promptly at 1:00 PM
Nationally renowned speaker Michael Nerney brings his extensive research on the teenage brain to Williamsville North High School on May 22nd. The 3-hour training will focus on “Gender Differences in Communication” and is sponsored by ECCPASA. Register now.
The PEEPs give us plenty to talk about in “Friends,” one of seven PSAs they wrote and star in as part of their education efforts for Native American Community Services.
At the start, we see a young man give his friend a condom. If the skit stopped there, we sex educators could pat ourselves on the back and enjoy the pay-off for all that prevention education. Message received. Youth are practicing safer sex. But keep watching and find yourself caught up in a scene rife with peer pressure, ambivalence, and the murky question of consent.
A recent screening of “Friends” left adult viewers wondering, “the sex was protected, but was it consensual?” And the not-so-happy ending suggests that youth may be as confused about this issue as we are, and struggling for ways to talk about it.
It’s time to get out of our comfort zone of condom demos and AIDS 101 and give the topic of consent equal attention.
Register now for Planned Parenthood’s April 17th Professional Training Coercion is Not Consent: Talking to Youth about Affirmative Consent.
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