This article contains references to rape and sexual abuse.
Incidents of sexual assault have one crucial thing in common - education, or a lack of it.
That’s according to Chanel Contos, whose calls for a more comprehensive sex-ed curriculum have echoed across Australia in recent weeks.
The 22-year-old activist, who over the last three weeks has shared thousands of accounts of sexual assault and rape in Australian schools, says enthusiastic consent, slut-shaming and sexual coercion are among the key topics not being adequately taught to young Australian students.
“It shows that this problem goes across all of society into every institution, and it also shows that schools have a common denominator here and they can be the catalyst for change, Ms Contos told SBS News from London.
The principal of one of Sydney s most elite private boys schools has said he was angry and saddened to hear about the awful treatment of girls by some of his students.
Tony George, principal of The King s School in Parramatta, wrote of his dismay at the allegations of sexual intimidation and violence against private school boys including King s students in the latest school newsletter, The King s Herald.
The allegations first emerged when former Kambala student Chanel Contos, 22, collected a series of testimonies and began an online petition to improve sex education in private schools.
The King s School Principal Tony George wrote a letter to parents praising the courage of Chanel Contos and calling for action to prevent sex abuse - in particular to restrict alcohol
Thousands of schoolgirls have shared their horrific tales of alleged rape and assault at the hands of teenage boys from Australia s most elite schools.
Chanel Contos, 22, has collected the testimonies of former and current students who claim they were abused at the hands of boyfriends or other male pupils.
The testimonies emerged after the former Kambala School student launched a petition demanding improved sex education in private schools.
Their harrowing stories have revealed many of the alleged sexual assault victims blamed themselves for what happened - and only learned years later the truth about their experiences.
Disturbing stories of alleged rape and sexual assault have shown the lack of awareness of consent by young girls as they only realise they were assaulted years later. Pictured: Chanel Contos started a petition to address rape culture within schools
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More than 2,000 young women have shared harrowing stories of sexual abuse at the hands of first boyfriends, male friends or older schoolboys in a viral petition demanding better sex education in schools.