Youth Challenge
Unit 4: Tackling Sexual Harassment in Your School
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4
Scene 1: IN THE SCHOOL
CANTEEN
We see some students talking about things that have happened
at the school.
List the different examples you see where people in the
school interact in a way that involves sexual behaviour (including
acts, looks, spoken words or written comments) that are revealed
in this scene. Beside each, decide:
- Which of these are unacceptable behaviour? Why?
- Are any of these acceptable behaviour? Why
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Scene 2: THE TWO FRIENDS
| What do Russ’ friends
say about her? |
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| Is this sexual harassment? |
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| How does the girl feel? |
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| Why did the boys behave as they did? |
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| Does it matter if it was just meant
to be a joke and they didn’t mean to hurt anyone? |
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| How does Russ respond to his friends? |
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| How does he feel? |
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| What impact does harassment have on
the individuals involved? |
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| What impact does it have on the school
environment? |
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Scene 3: BOYS IN THE LIBRARY
What does the group of boys
say and do? |
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Is this sexual harassment? |
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| What is the impact on Stuart? |
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| What impact might it have on the other people
involved? |
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| Does Stuart respond effectively? |
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| How else could he respond? |
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| Who else in this scenario might respond differently? |
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| What other things could be done to stop this
situation happening? |
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Scene 4: IN THE CLASSROOM
| What does David do and say? Is
this sexual harassment? |
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How does Alyse feel? |
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| What effect does it have on her? |
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| Why does David behave as he does? |
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| Do the students’ friends have the right
idea and approach and give good advice? |
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| Does the teacher? |
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| What effects might it have on others? |
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Scene 5: CHANGING ENDINGS
Identify the different strategies for dealing with sexual
harassment that are shown in the four alternative endings to the
classroom situation. A different strategy is featured in each ending.
Alternative 1:
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Alternative 4:
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