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Consent & Aimee's Story

Part 1 of 2 · Sex Education S2 E3

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What I'm learning

Recall what consent means and its key features.
Explain why the behaviour on the bus was a violation of consent.
Describe how responses to a shock can vary.

Success criteria — tick when you can do it

I can state the key features of consent. I can explain why what happened to Aimee was wrong and unlawful. I can give two reasons why someone might react the way Aimee did.

The 5 features of consent

Freely givenInformedEnthusiasticSpecificReversible

Key vocabulary

Word	What it means
Consent	Freely agreeing to something, and meaning it.
Freely given	A real choice — no pressure, fear or tricks.
Informed	You know what you're actually agreeing to.
Enthusiastic	A clear, willing yes — not just going along with it.
Specific	Agreeing to one thing isn't agreeing to everything.
Reversible	You can change your mind at any time.
Bodily autonomy	Your right to decide what happens to your own body.
Minimising	Playing something down — e.g. joking it 'wasn't a big deal'.
Trauma response	How the body/mind reacts to shock — e.g. freezing, or feelings coming later.
Bystander	Someone who is present and sees what happens.

The scene in four steps

On the bus: a man behaves in a sexual way towards Aimee without her permission. She is shocked and freezes.
Straight after: she acts as if nothing happened and makes a joke of it.
Telling Maeve: Maeve takes it seriously and encourages her to report it.
Later: the impact shows — Aimee is frightened and anxious about getting on buses.

Revision prose

Key distinction: a clear, willing "yes" is consent. Silence, freezing or going along out of fear is NOT consent. No words spoken does not mean agreement.

Memory hook: "No clear yes = no consent."

Common mark-losers: writing only "she didn't say yes" without explaining why that matters; assuming a calm or joking reaction means no harm was done.

Self-quiz: cover this and say aloud — (1) three key words for consent, (2) one reason Aimee minimised it, (3) what "bodily autonomy" means.

Arrival task

Consent or not? Decide for all four

1. A friend happily says “yes, sure!” when you ask to borrow their charger.

Consent Not consent

Explain why:

2. Someone keeps on at you until you give in, just to make them stop.

Consent Not consent

Explain why:

3. A person says nothing, looks away and freezes.

Consent Not consent

Explain why:

4. Two people both clearly and willingly agree to something.

Consent Not consent

Explain why:

Starter

The 5 features of consent

Define each feature and give a short everyday example.

Feature	Meaning	Example
Freely given
Informed
Enthusiastic
Specific
Reversible

Independent task

Summarise the bus scene

Write a full, developed paragraph summarising the bus scene. Explain why the behaviour breached consent and why people respond to a shock in different ways. Use the words consent, freely given and bodily autonomy.

Challenge: how does this storyline challenge an assumption people sometimes have about what assault "looks like" or where it happens?

Exit ticket

Before you go

Explain the most important message of today (2–3 sentences).

Why might a victim react calmly at first?

Key messages & support

Remember

Consent must be freely given, informed and enthusiastic.
No clear "yes" means no consent — words or no words.
People react in different ways, and that's never their fault.

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