EDUCATED CONSENT
Independent learning resource advocating for consent education as an intervention for AI, digital, and real-world sexual violence.
Raising Awareness of AI-Facilitated Sexual Violence
AI is rapidly scaling harassment and exploitation through the spread of deepfake pornography, grooming chatbots, and sexual extortion. AI-facilitated sexual violence (AIFSV) especially affects children and marginalized groups. Learn more here.
Advocacy
Childhood Safety and Empowerment
Age-appropriate consent education can provide young children with the language and understanding needed to advocate for their bodily autonomy and assert boundaries. When children know how to communicate their experiences, they are in a better place to get help.
Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention
When young people are consistently taught the mechanisms, behaviors, cycles, and psychology of domestic and sexual violence, they are well-equipped to recognise the patterns in their relationships and communities. Terms such as coercive control, love-bombing, grooming, etc. can be more clearly understood and addressed.
Media Literacy and Critical Thought Education
Young people are exposed to an onslaught of misinformation online, where issues of consent, healthy relationships, and sexual health are contested and unclear. Media literacy and critical thought education can help enable young people to identify red flags and dangerous information online.
AI Sexual Violence Awareness
Artificial intelligence software can and is being used to generate non-consensual deepfake pornography, grooming chatbots, and child exploitation material at mass scale. Education can help adults and children alike identify deepfakes, warning signs, and spread awareness to promote corporate and government prevention policy.
Working towards safer communities, healthier relationships, and responsible digital spaces through comprehensive, consistent, global consent education.
11/50
states in the U.S require consent education in the curriculum
36%
of students aged 11-17 in the UK feel they learned about consent in school.
1/3
of women globally are estimated to have experienced sexual and/or domestic violence
98%
of AI deepfake videos were classified as pornographic as of 2023, with most subjects unaware their likeness is being used.