Health: Respectful Relationships

Respectful behaviour and communication

Enhances:

trust and security in a relationship, open communication, equality, healthy conflict resolution, emotional wellbeing, positive environment for growth

Assertive communication

Individuals are able to clearly and directly express their thoughts, feelings and needs while respecting the rights and opinions of others. It emphasises both people’s needs

Aggressive communication

Only one person expresses their thoughts, feelings and needs, and the other person’s needs are ignored

Passive communication

Prioritises the needs, wants and feelings of others at their own expense

Value

Things a people feels are important in life

Belief

What a person feels to be true, even if unproven

Assertive communication strategy

Name it, Frame it, Change it

Responding to boundary breach

Pause and check in with yourself

Name the behaviour

Reinstate and reinforce boundary

Decide what you’ll do next

Sexual consent

Free, voluntary and informed agreement between 2 people to partake in a sexual act

Stereotypes

Oversimplifies beliefs about people based on their membership on a particular group

Characteristics of consent (MERF COSI)

Mutual

Enthusiastic

Reversible

Freely Given

Certain and Clear

Ongoing

Specific

Informed