Callum is a youth worker from Top Blokes Foundation. He has extensive experience working with at-risk and disadvantaged you aged 10-16 as well as people with disabilities of all ages. His role focuses on changing behaviour in young men through daily connection, mentoring and building a community of support.

Callum shares how ‘masculinity’ is a combination of influencing factors and life experiences such as role models and trauma. He teaches useful strategies to young men, their teachers and parents so they can speak to and support them.

The Top Bloke Program is helping young men connect to themselves and find connection to who they are in the world.

The traditional notion of being a man has been to not show emotions, be a womaniser and get angry and into fights to get what you want. Callum explains how this behaviour instills fear in the young women they are ultimately attempting to attract and often leads to life changing consequences in the workforce and relationships.

RESOURCES

www.topblokes.org.au

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Chanel joined Caroline and Gina to discuss the education, training and prosecution options for what has been coined ‘entitled opportunists’. Chanel makes it easy to understand the need for training in consent and sexual assault at schools as she also shares her experience along with thousands of others who have shared their experience on the online movement she created to provide the evidence for change in legislation and education. She said there also needed to be more alternatives to jail for perpetrators because it sometimes acted as a disincentive to victims coming forward.

RESOURCES

https://www.teachusconsent.com.

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Matthew, 21, talks candidly about his ‘high school’ days and reflects back on how the playground was more of a learning lab for Respectful Relationships. He shares his experience with the attitudes he saw towards young women, the insecurities and one upmanship of boys. Some very cool advice about how to support friends when they are experiencing conflict, disrespect or abuse in their relationships.

RESOURCES

www.reachout.com

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Coming out as gay was not an event for Pat. His family and friends did not get an announcement and their acceptance of who he was as a person invariably gave him the confidence, yet he shares how society still has an invisible judgement that is not seen but felt. Shaun’s experience of coming out was difficult, forcing him to face his limiting beliefs in order to be Pat’s parner.

RESOURCES

ACON.ORG.AU

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In this episode Nicole shares her teenage sexual assault experience and how she is now able to give young girls and boys the mentorship and guidance she needed.

She shares the fears and challenges that social media brings whilst providing 10 valuable tips for staying confident and having the courage to speak up.

Nicole run retreats for mothers and daughters, teens and emerging young adults to build confidence in their changing bodies. She also runs a full moon circle for young women to learn about their menstrual cycle.

RESOURCES

www.nicoledargie.com.au

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Introducing Caroline Speakman and Gina Harimis who are the hosts of The Respectful Relationships Podcast.

Respectful Relationships are kind, thoughtful and safe. Parents, educators and influencers of young people want to

• create positive experiences, healthy relationships and opportunities for them to learn so they become independent adults.
• Help them to understand what is right and wrong.
• ensure young people respect themselves and others.

In these interviews we demonstrate the importance of good role modelling and acknowledge how people can inadvertently say things that excuse disrespectful behaviour.

'Not all disrespect towards women results in violence. But all violence against women starts with disrespectful behaviour.'

Listen to some of the powerful statements from our guests who have generously given their time and expertise.

Content Warning: This episode discusses violence against women, abuse, sexual assault and issues that may cause you to feel uncomfortable or distressed. Please see the support links below.

www.respectfulrelationshipspodcast.com.au

www.1800RESPECT.org

www.beyondblue.org.au

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