Sexual Assault Prevention Education

I read an article that talked about how schools are teaching their students about sexual assault prevention. They are teaching boys to not become assailants and teaching girls on how to not become a victim. Some schools are even teaching students as young as five and six years old about sexual assault prevention. While the article said that they don't use the same terms with the five and six year olds as they do with the older kids, it is still the same subject. I don't think that sexual assault prevention education should be taught to kids as young as five and six. Yes, they may use different words with the younger kids, but I think that the subject will make them scared of the real world and scared of any new person they come in contact with. The article mentioned that teaching people about sexual assault prevention when they reach college is a little late. I agree with that statement. Students should be taught about sexual assault prevention and how to avoid it when they reach their freshman year of high school, but no earlier than  seventh grade. 

More and more states are having their schools teach the students sexual assault prevention education. The total number of states that teach sexual assault prevention education reached 25 within the last year. It may seem like a good thing that more states are encouraging their schools to teach sexual assault prevention education, and it is a good thing. However, that is only half of America teaching kids about sexual assault prevention. The schools aren't even required to teach it. Sexual assault prevention education is merely encouraged rather than required, which I think is a mistake. Everyone should be informed of the dangers of sexual assault and how to prevent themselves from becoming a victim. 

A woman from Frederick County, Virginia named Kasie Hudson was upset that the school that her kids attend doesn't teach about sexual assault prevention, so she tried to teach her 13-year-old son about sexual assault prevention and consent for sex herself. She showed her son a video that used what I call "The Tea Method". Instead of asking for consent for sex, the video tells teenagers to pretend like they're asking someone if they'd like a cup of tea. If the person says yes, then give them the tea. If they say no, then don't give them the tea. Same thing goes for sex. If the person gives consent, then it's okay. If they don't, then leave them alone and respect their decision. The video also touched on the situation if someone were to "offer tea" to an unconscious person. 

The video said, "You just put the tea down. Unconscious people don't want tea!"

Hudson then later talked with her son about the Stanford swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman. Hudson stated that her son said, "If the person is passed out, they don't want tea!". That's when Hudson knew that the video had truly made an impression on her son.