Events
A parent Information Session
Navigating a sexed-up world
How can we help our children resist harmful messages from media + pop culture and aspire to respectful relationships?
LCS has organised to have Melinda Tankard Reist and Daniel Principe visit LCS to present a series of sessions for students and parents. Parents and the community are invited to join the free parent presentation by booking here.
https://www.trybooking.com/CDTMV
Monday 28th November
To be confirmed.
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Parents info session
Have you noticed that your young person seem to be growing up too fast? That they are worried about their appearance and more aware of sexual issues at earlier stages?
Children and young people are bombarded with hypersexualised messages from media and popular culture. Even small children are worried about their looks and physical appearance, shaped and conditioned at the earliest of ages by a dominant message that tells them they have to be ‘hot’ be liked and accepted. The lives of young people are increasingly socialised, conditioned and informed by exposure to porn related content online. They are exposed to this content not only before they have had sex, but often before their first kiss, with average age of first exposure 11.
Exposed to a pornified landscape, young people are ‘acting out’ through social media and sexting, putting their bodies on display for attention and judgement. Drawing from current global literature on the subject, as well as the experiences of young people themselves, Melinda will explore with us how the proliferation of sexualised images and messages contributes to a distorted view of bodies, relationships and sexuality in young people, hampering their healthy physical emotional and social development. How can we address this toxic culture and raise happy, healthy and resilient young people who value their dignity and self-worth and aspire to relationships based on respect and authentic connection?
Melinda will provide practical tips and resources to help us achieve this. Daniel will also contribute to the parents session on his work especially with young men.
About Melinda
Melinda Tankard Reist (www.melindatankardreist.com) is an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for young people. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women.
Melinda is author/editor of seven books including Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009), Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global pornography industry (Spinifex Press, 2011, co-edited with Dr Abigail Bray), Prontitution Narratives: Stories of survival in the sex trade (Spinifex Press, co-edited with Dr Caroline Norma) and her latest release ‘He Chose Porn Over Me’ Women Harmed By Men Who Use Porn (Spinifex Press, 2022).
An opinion writer, Melinda has appeared on ABC’s Q&A and The Gruen Sessions as well as many other TV and radio programs.
Melinda is co-founder and Movement Director of the grassroots campaigning movement, Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation, exposing corporations, advertisers and marketers who objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products and services. An Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, HagarNZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation, Melinda is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney. Melinda is named in the Who’s Who of Australian Women and the World Who’s Who of Women.
About Daniel
Daniel is a dynamic, passionate and natural communicator who has joined Melinda Tankard Reist in her work in schools. He is committed to helping young people navigate a pornified world. Daniel has a background in PR, marketing, media, and as a health professional in the non-profit health sector. He recognises the urgent need to help equip young people with the tools necessary to understand the impacts of harmful messaging from media, advertising, pop culture, limited and harmful stereotypes about masculinity, and the global porn industry. Daniel is committed to helping young men especially understand how these cultural forces give them distorted ideas about bodies, relationships and sexuality, and fuel inappropriate behaviours. Daniel encourages our boys to ‘be their best selves’ by rejecting these harmful cultural forces and aspiring to something far better for their lives.
For more information, please contact the school office.
Office@lcs.tas.edu.au
6327 2854
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