The problem with rape culture in Australian schools

Published: March 10, 2021, 4:30 p.m.

In mid-February, 23-year-old Chanel Contos did a poll on social media, asking whether any of her friends who attended Sydney private schools had been raped or sexually assaulted. The poll turned into a petition, and now a movement, with tens of thousands of people advocating for better consent education in Australian schools.Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Contos and Guardian Australia features editor Lucy Clark about the widespread allegations of sexual assault outlined in this petition, and the need to tackle rape culture among young men