No one wants to report on why young adult males turn away from CONSENT.
Emma Watson actor and United Nations Ambassador was afraid to declare she’s a feminist. With courage she set up the #HeforShe campaign. She got young men to join young women in the battle for equality.
Unless males are on board, what is the point?
Girls and young women are making a brilliant case for CONSENT, but are boys listening? Gervay and Fison change that.
The rise in mental and male youth suicides is disastrous. Brisbane Writers Festivals dives into male psychology in ‘The Edge of Limits’ by S J Gervay and ‘One Punch’ by Julie Fison.
Gervay, as an author and parent, who specialised in child growth and development, recognises that during male young adult years, reasoning, planning and problem solving are tested. These years can be dangerous years for mental health, suicide and violence against women.
Fison, as an author and parent, journalist, who pits two mothers against each other, when one gives one punch leaving her son brain damaged.
They’ll be on the tween/teen/YA panel at the Brisbane Writers Festival 14th May –
What is The Edge of Limits?:
Tackling one of the most talked about topics today – consent – award-winning YA author and OAM recipient for youth literature, Gervay writes her latest novel The Edge of Limits. Gervay unlocks critical choices on consent and courage. Exploding the conventions on how to address consent, The Edge of Limits honestly and sensitively portrays the complexities of boys as they confront sexuality, power, and consent, allowing boys to be challenged and girls to gain invaluable insight.
What is ONE PUNCH?
Tackling one of the most talked about topics today – consent, Fison unlocks critical choices on mothers battling for their sons.
Key Facts:
One of the highest rates of youth male mental health & suicide
Get boys into the talk about CONSENT
