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Two Warwick schools have been thrust into the national debate on consent education after a former student detailed her alleged sexual assault. The student posted her story in the Teach Us Consent petition, where almost 3000 anonymous testimonies have been shared as part of a viral petition calling for earlier sexual consent education in schools. According to the testimony, the former Scots PGC student was friends with her alleged assaulter and Warwick State High School student. She claimed the pair attended a local event together before the WSHS student took her back to his house as she was very intoxicated and she fell asleep.
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Two of the Darling Downs’ largest high schools were named in a database of sexual assault claims, with victims calling on the institutions to do more to educate boys about healthy relationships.
Former Sydney schoolgirl Chanel Contos launched a national petition calling for greater focus on consent in sex education programs, on International Women’s Day, attracting more than 30,500 signatures and 2890 anonymous testimonials.
A Toowoomba girl added her story to the document, claiming Toowoomba Grammar School boys pressured her and her friends to supply nude images of themselves.
“I think it was much more about testing the boundaries and seeing just how much they could manipulate a girl into doing what they wanted, than anything else,” she said.