Exploring understandings of sexual consent amongst Life Orientation student-teachers through intergroup dialogue
Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
Field | Value | |
Title | Exploring understandings of sexual consent amongst Life Orientation student-teachers through intergroup dialogue | |
Creator | Khau, Mathabo | |
Description | In this article, the author reports on how intergroup dialogue was used amongst Life Orientation (LO) student-teachers to deconstruct the heteropatriarchal notions of sexual consent, in the context of gender-based violence (GBV). Three sessions of intergroup dialogue were arranged between third-year student-teachers and female survivors of GBV from a local Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) in exploring the perceptions of sexual consent, to deepen their understanding regarding the concepts of shaming, blaming and silencing that perpetuate GBV in communities. Third-year LO student-teachers engaged in dialogue with four youth survivors of GBV from a local NPO who shared their experiences of GBV and sexual consent. The heteropatriarchal views to GBV held by student-teachers were disrupted through the dialogues between the two groups thus enabling a greater understanding of sexual consent and the role played by shaming, blaming and silencing of victims in perpetuating GBV. The findings highlighted that intergroup dialogue could be a useful tool in creating norm-critical and sex-positive schools and communities. | |
Publisher | AOSIS | |
Date | 2021-09-29 | |
Identifier | 10.4102/td.v17i1.1093 | |
Source | The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa; Vol 17, No 1 (2021); 8 pages 2415-2005 1817-4434 | |
Language | eng | |
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