Today we watched a documentary about what consent is. The documentary was aired on BBC3 last week and was an experiment to see how young people viewed consent and what they considered to be someone giving consent. There was a group of boys and girls who were shown a drama (specifically made for this documentary) where a girl is at a party and then she is raped by a boy of her age. The young people were shown the drama seperatly in a boys vs. girls way. The drama was broken down into three parts: first they watched the scene before the girl is raped and when it happened. Then they are shown the scene where the girl is in court. The groups then come back together to view the final part of the drama where the jury gave their verdict on whether the boy was guilty of raping the girl.
I found it interesting how they showed the group the drama in groups based on gender because boys and girls had different views on what consent was. Our college class decided to do a similar thing where we went in groups based on gender and discussed what we thought consent was. The purpose of making this video was for the Cumbria police. It is hoped that the video will gain lots of popularity and hopefully be used in schools across Cumbria to help educate other young people on consent, as we all felt that there is nothing being taught in schools on what consent is, and how to tell when someone has or hasn't given consent.
First the boys went into the studio to be filmed. Purple coloured lights were set up to give the film a softer feel to it so that we weren't all just sat in a bland room. Since the film is going to be aimed at teenagers we need to keep them interested with a bright colour scheme. The boys sat around in a cirle and our tutor asked them questions on what they thought consent was. I'm not sure how they answered as I wasn't there, but some of the girls who were helping to assist with filming said that some of the boys had quite a distorted view on what consent was.
It was then the girls turn to go into the studio and be filmed. I thought that we touched on some really interesting things such as girls being blamed for being raped due to their clothing, and how if a girl was wearing a revealing outfit it is almost certain that her case won't be treated the same as someone who wasn't wearing revealing clothes. We also talked about the pressures on girls and sex, such as how girls need to stay "virgins" and shouldn't flaunt how many people they've slept with- and if they do they're labled as sluts; where as with boys, if they talk about the number of people they've been sexually active with they get applauded.
We're hopefully going to begin editing the footage this week, so I'll hopefully be able to post a rough cut of the footage soon.
Here is a photo taken to show how the studio was set up for filming:
I found it interesting how they showed the group the drama in groups based on gender because boys and girls had different views on what consent was. Our college class decided to do a similar thing where we went in groups based on gender and discussed what we thought consent was. The purpose of making this video was for the Cumbria police. It is hoped that the video will gain lots of popularity and hopefully be used in schools across Cumbria to help educate other young people on consent, as we all felt that there is nothing being taught in schools on what consent is, and how to tell when someone has or hasn't given consent.
First the boys went into the studio to be filmed. Purple coloured lights were set up to give the film a softer feel to it so that we weren't all just sat in a bland room. Since the film is going to be aimed at teenagers we need to keep them interested with a bright colour scheme. The boys sat around in a cirle and our tutor asked them questions on what they thought consent was. I'm not sure how they answered as I wasn't there, but some of the girls who were helping to assist with filming said that some of the boys had quite a distorted view on what consent was.
It was then the girls turn to go into the studio and be filmed. I thought that we touched on some really interesting things such as girls being blamed for being raped due to their clothing, and how if a girl was wearing a revealing outfit it is almost certain that her case won't be treated the same as someone who wasn't wearing revealing clothes. We also talked about the pressures on girls and sex, such as how girls need to stay "virgins" and shouldn't flaunt how many people they've slept with- and if they do they're labled as sluts; where as with boys, if they talk about the number of people they've been sexually active with they get applauded.
We're hopefully going to begin editing the footage this week, so I'll hopefully be able to post a rough cut of the footage soon.
Here is a photo taken to show how the studio was set up for filming:
We also had to research into statistics and such for rape. I found out some really alarming facts, such as 85,000 women and 12,000 men are raped in England and Wales each year. What's even more shocking is that 90% of those who have been raped knew the rapist before they were raped.
Here is a photo of the notes I took while researching. I highlighted ages in pink and numbers in green:
Here is a photo of the notes I took while researching. I highlighted ages in pink and numbers in green:
Something else that I found interesting was the lack of support for male rape victims. Granted, more females are raped than males, but it doesn't mean it's not happening. When I went onto the rape crisis website there was an abundance of help and support for females, which is fantastic because that's what they need. I just think there should be a little more consideration for male victims, as they don't have as much support and may be suffering in silence.