Reports on sexual relationships among young people tend to suggest that they are consensual, if not deviant. The various social and cultural contexts in which young people find themselves inform, not only the ways in which they understand and perform their sexualities, but also the ways in which they understand and negotiate the differences between consensual and coercive sex among them. For example, the power relations that exist as a result of the gender regimes in institutions such as the school, the family and others make it difficult for girls to negotiate sex and for boys to understand the need and meaning for such negotiation and consent. This often results in sexual coercion or outright sexual violence against girls.
Conceived in this way, the workshop series is aimed at exploring how young people in the greater Durban area understand and negotiate differences between sexual consent and coercion, particularly in dating relationships among them.
The purpose of the workshop is two-fold:
- To raise awareness of the issues around sexual consent and coercion among the participating youth; and
- To document the experiences and views of the youth on the issues/challenges that face them, and develop a proposal for possible interventions (research and development) to address them
The following four questions would frame the workshop discussions:
- How young people (men and women) understand dating and dating relationships among them?
- How do they understand, define and differentiate between sexual coercion and consent, particularly in dating relationships among teenagers?
- How do they negotiate (communicate) consent and refusal of sexual intercourse in dating relationships and how do they understand and interpret such communication?
- What factors inform their understandings of dating, rape, sexual coercion and consent?
Date: 14 March 2009
Time: 8h30 – 12h30Venue: Diakonia Centre, Durban
Contact Person: Nondumiso, email:
nondumisom@ddpdurban.org.za, tel: 031 304 9305 on or before 6 March 2009
For further enquiries contact:
• Ibrahim Steyn, tel: 031 304 9305
• Nokuthula Magudulela, tel: 031 304 7001
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Event venue:
The workshop series is aimed at exploring how young people in the greater Durban area understand and negotiate differences between sexual consent and coercion, particularly in dating relationships among them.
Event start date:
14/03/2009
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