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Today in The Conversation Canada, Chloe Krystyna Garcia, an instructor at McGill University’s Department of Integrated Studies in Education, relays how young women and girls are taking to YouTube to talk about sexual violence and sexual consent. These YouTubers are expressing themselves, educating and taking on sexual violence myths and rape culture and promoting social change.
This is not the bathroom stall whispering that girls did in the '80s and '90s – and it’s about time. Still, as Garcia points out, YouTube is also a place of trolls – and let’s not forget about corporate sponsorship, and that the platform will prioritize “videos deemed more commercially viable.” For those of us who are unsure about what it all means, Garcia includes some teen-appropriate sexual health resources – and advises parents to “be prepared to unlearn.”
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Many young women and girls who make YouTube videos about sexual consent also examine larger cultural, legal and political contexts. Here, YouTuber Laci Green.
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