As part of the Step Up, Speak Up! campaign to raise awareness around online sexual harassment, Project deSHAME has produced two short animated films for young people aged 13-17 to help identify, define and understand what online sexual harassment is.
These films set out to encourage the viewer to recognise that online sexual harassment is not acceptable and to take positive action if they see this happening.
Film 1: ‘What is online sexual harassment? Addresses what it is and how it can make someone feel.
Film 2: ‘Who would you tell if you saw online sexual harassment?’ delivers a clear message about the positive outcomes of reporting unacceptable behaviour, and the different people who you can make a report to.
In Film 3: ‘Put an end to online sexual harassment – what will you do?’ Young people in the UK, Hungary and Denmark have come together to tackle online sexual harassment and what they need from adults to help them to put an end to it.
After watching these animations, we would like young people to be able to:
- Identify what online sexual harassment is and what forms it can take
- Recognise that it is wrong, and it does not have to be an accepted part of being a teenager
- Understand that you can do something about it and reporting it is easier than you might think
Film 1: What is online sexual harassment?
Key things you can ask your class after watching this film:
Film 2: Who would you tell online sexual harassment?
Key things you can ask your class after watching this film:
Film 3: Put an end to online sexual harassment – what will you do?
Key things you can ask your class after watching this film:
Some ideas suggested in the film include: tell my peers that online sexual harassment is not okay, talk face-to-face, make sure the person on the receiving end is okay, speak up and say that reporting is the right thing to do.
In this film young people explain how they want adults to support them when they face sexual harassment online. This may be by listening without judgement or by gaining knowledge of the sites or servies that they use. The young people you work with may have their own examples of how the adults in their lives could work to support them.
As part of Project deSHAME we are encouraging everyone to help put an end to online sexual harassment.
Children and young people, schools, parents and carers, and organisations all across the UK are invited to make a pledge to take action and step up, and speak up when they see sexual harassment happening online. Download your pledge cards today.
