Performance Task #4: Speech Draft

Ethan Gabriel A. Torres

Topic: Teaching Youths about Consensual Sex
Objective: To inform youths about having consent when having sex.

Thesis Statement: Parents need to teach their children the meaning of consent from a young age
with age-appropriate lessons.

What is Consent? Consent means both people in a sexual encounter must agree to it. Either
person may decide at any time that they no longer consent and want to stop. When you consent to
one behavior, that doesn’t obligate you to consent to any other behaviors. Early talks when children
are young lay the groundwork for open and direct conversations as children get older. For your
younger child, you can introduce ideas about consent without relating it to sex. And as your child
gets older, you can start talking more openly and directly about sexual consent. Parents need to
teach their children the meaning of consent from a young age with age-appropriate lessons. Now
that you are aware of the overview, let's begin with the main parts of the topic.
It’s important for teenagers to understand that consent is essential to healthy, respectful and
safe sexual experiences. Most teenagers will experiment with sexual behavior at some stage. If and
when teenagers start being intimate, doing sexual things or having any kind of sex with other
people, they need consent. It isn’t always easy for teenagers to tell whether other people want to be
intimate or have sex. In fact, it isn’t always easy for teenagers to figure out their own sexual desires
and feelings. And teenagers can feel guilted or pressured into having sex. Now let us move on the
other main points.
Communication is key to giving and getting consent. Talking about scenarios like the one
above can help teens and parents think things through and get used to open communication. The
best way for your child to get consent for a sexual activity is to ask. Your child should never assume
other people have given consent, or take things as signs of consent. In some situations, Teenagers
can’t always give or get consent. Teenagers can't give or get consent when someone is threatened
or verbally or physically forced, under the influence of alcohol or other drugs and doesn't fully
understand the sexual activity or its consequences. If someone agrees to an activity under pressure
of intimidation or threat, that isn't considered consent because it was not given freely.
Now that we are done with the main points let me briefly summarize it. It’s important for
teenagers to understand that consent is essential to healthy, respectful and safe sexual experiences.
Also, communication is key to giving and getting consent and last teenagers can’t always give or get
consent. To sum up, Consensual, enjoyable sexual activity is about constant communication and
negotiation. Sometimes one person will be asking for consent for something, and sometimes they’ll
be giving it. If teenagers can communicate openly and freely during their sexual experiences, these
experiences are likely to feel good, and be equal, legal and safe. It’s important for teenagers to know
that they don’t have to consent to sex or to a particular sexual activity just because everyone else is
doing it. Sexual activity needs to feel right for them.
Reference:

Anonymous (2021). Consent and sexual consent https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/connecting-

communicating/tough-topics/sexual-consent-how-to-talk-with-children-teens

Partner’s Name: Niroe Crane Manahan

Partner’s Comments
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