When it comes to sex-ed, curriculums vary. Some schools teach abstinence-only, while others provide information about safe sex, but very few teach teens about consent. Two 13-year-olds living in Toronto, Canada, wanted to change that — and their call for change has not gone unnoticed.
After learning about rape culture while working on a project, eighth-graders Lia Valente and Tessa Hill launched a Change.org petition calling for consent education to be taught in Ontario schools.
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“Thank you to everyone for their support!!!!” a Facebook post reads. “The change is coming and we’re all helping create an awesome culture of consent.”
H/T Cosmopolitan