The first image sequence is focused on the issue of AWARENESS and we have pulled out these quotations from young people which we found particularly telling:
“I think it’s hard to get through because they don’t realise what they’re doing is wrong until they actually see the impact of it, or it happens to them”
“Shocked – some of the behaviour I saw I thought were normal activities”
For us, these quotations demonstrate two sides to the lack of awareness many young people have about sexual violence:
✨ Young people do not always realise what they are doing is wrong until they are negatively affected by other people’s behaviour in some way.
✨ They often do not realise what others are doing is wrong because it is so normalised.
What this means is that awareness is absolutely critical to help us understand and change our own behaviours and also for us to be able to recognise and take action about other people’s behaviours, be that calling someone out or reporting them.
Having an awareness of what is OK and what is not allows us all the opportunity to make the world a better place, because once we are aware, we can decide what action we are going to take.
We love this quotation from a young person who took part in a workshop that used our animation as a prompt for reflection —
“[I’m going to start] helping people who look like they are in an uncomfortable situation”
If you would like our creative team to use the Weaving Stories animation to increase your young people’s awareness of what is – and isn’t – OK, get in touch – info@changingrelations.co.uk
Image credit: Tom Kindley and Savannah Peng
