Teach sexual harassment, sexual assault and consent in schools

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To make the topic of sexual harassment, sexual assault and consent in schools mandatory. Like sex education takes place for students to learn about sex, they should also be taught heavily about sexual harassment, sexual assault and consent in schools as they are huge factors that play into it.

Sexual harassment, sexual assault and consent is a huge topic at the moment and it is very important. Everyone should be taught about it. Making it a mandatory subject, whether it is taught throughout a term, week or day in schools would help give more people knowledge of the topic. Teaching about consent, what is and isnt sexual assault and harassment, the laws behind them and when committing crimes should be everyones knowledge.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

The Government's new Relationships and Sex Education curriculum, which is mandatory in all state schools from this year, requires that students are now taught about key aspects of the law relating to sex, which include the age of consent, what consent is and is not, the definitions and recognition of rape, sexual assault and harassment, and that sexual violence and sexual harassment are not acceptable: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education/relationships-and-sex-education-rse-secondary

Timeline

18 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
22 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Mar 2021

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