RealStars has finally kicked off the school project for the autumn semester! Our process leaders Christine and Tekla have been out on the first school visits of the semester in Stockholm and Gothenburg to give lectures on Fair Sex, prostitution, and other forms of sexual violence and harassment. Last week the school project in Gothenburg… Read more »
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High Schools in Stockholm Learning More About Fair Sex
In February, the school project “Why ‘sex’ cannot be bought” finally kicked off and will run throughout 2023 in the Stockholm area. We have been in contact with many schools, and several want us to visit them and talk to students about Fair Sex, consent, “buying sex,” and other forms of sexual abuse. Realstars has… Read more »
”All guys consume pornography” – about ascribing pornography as a male trait and the consequences thereof
We must talk about pornography. We must talk about the normalization of how we talk about pornography, that it’s something “all guys do” and something you just have to accept. We must talk about, as a girlfriend, being naive when expressing that one’s boyfriend doesn’t consume pornography. The average age of beginning to look at… Read more »
Young Entrepreneurs with a sustainability focus
Realstars was contacted by five students from the Marina School in Danderyd who have created a Young Achievement Corporation with a sustainability focus through Young Entrepreneurs. We welcome the student’s creative method to draw attention to how the global human trafficking industry reduces people to goods through a commodity and a logo with a signal… Read more »
Three men are letting a plate of pasta rot, in order to collect money to RealStars
The sex purchase by Paolo Roberto has led to the media and private individuals giving attention to prostitution and trafficking. Three friends discussed what had happened during a dinner and felt that they wanted to make a difference. – More men must dare to take a stand, says Sebastian Höglund, one of the men behind… Read more »
The Internet´s links to questions of Fair Sex rouse interest amongst youngsters
RealStars work in schools continues to spread knowledge and gives food for thought about Fair Sex and its challenges. At the French school´s sixth form college in Stockholm, students showed interest in questions regarding the internet and Fair Sex. The links between the internet and Fair Sex are getting stronger and it is important to… Read more »
Students want Fair Sex to be a matter of course in society.
At the end of September Södra Latins High School organised themed study days for students from the Social Studies and Introductory Language programmes. The theme of the study days was the terms on which we have sex. As well as deepening understanding of Fair Sex – and its opposite, trafficking and prostitution – the activity… Read more »
Dedicated students demand greater civic courage to promote Fair Sex
During a RealStars visit to Nacka Gymnasium, it was apparent that students were all in agreement that power, sex/gender norms and a strong macho society are the causes that mostly men buy sex and women sell it. In order to redress this they think that we should all teach people to respect women starting from… Read more »
Great dedication amongst soon-to-be teacher assistants
Realstars visited Katrinebergs folk college for a one-day workshop with soon-to-be teacher assistants. We met a dedicated group that had lots of questions and we had a very rewarding day together. We talked about trafficking, prostitution and how we can decrease demand. We also asked us the question; How do we talk about this with… Read more »
Why should we only criminalise the buyer of sex?
Last Saturday, October 25th, RealStars visited three introductory language classes at Sundler high school in Vårgårda. The students had many thoughts and reflections primarily around why the Swedish Sex Purchase Act only criminalises the buyer of sex. During the visit it became clear that the students were very interested in and curious about everything to… Read more »