Status of Women committee  I think there are a number of factors, and a few of them are hard to pin down. In my experience, it's that there is an attitude from a very young age that women's bodies are inherently sexual and that women's bodies are objectified. There's just a general lack of respect for wom

Status of Women committee  In my immediate school community when I made the documentary, I was in a school of 60 kids. It was a small alternative school, which was a really important community for me to make the project in. When my friend Lia and I finished the film, and throughout the campaign as well, be

Status of Women committee  I wasn't in the class when the boys watched the video, but it's not great that gym classes are still separated by two binary genders. In order to have comprehensive sex education and health education, everyone needs to be integrated. Definitely that is a factor in that.

Status of Women committee  I think that it's extremely important and great that Ontario has updated the sex education curriculum. There are still a lot of gaps within smaller school communities, as I mentioned, such as teachers and administrations who unfortunately don't feel the same way about sex educati

Status of Women committee  Definitely it has died down a bit. It's less immediate. It's based on a need for some people to start arguments and be opposed. I go to an arts school, so my school community is very aware, which is really great, but there are a few people to whom it has given permission in their

Status of Women committee  I think it's extremely relevant to talk about the consumption of violent images. It is very prevalent among my peers. It's isn't necessarily a conversation piece with teenagers, but you see it on Instagram and within smaller groups of boys, and girls as well. It's so readily avai

Status of Women committee  Okay. Thanks.

Status of Women committee  I think the most important thing is having comprehensive sex education. Much of the sex education across Canada, and even in some classrooms now, is still very fear-based and abstinence-based education, whereas I think it should be the opposite. Comprehensive sex education should

Status of Women committee  Thanks for having me.

Status of Women committee  Thank you all very much for having me speak here this afternoon. In September of my grade 8 year, Lia Valente and I decided to take on rape culture. Our documentary Allegedly and our We Give Consent campaign were created because we are passionate about feminism and committed to