Written Work 4: Speech Draft (Outline)

Ethan Gabriel A. Torres

Topic: Teaching Youths about Consensual Sex

Goal: To inform youths about having consent when having sex.

Purpose Statement: Inform my audience that sex education is a very important part of teenager’s social
development, specially when it comes about boundaries, consent and communication when having sex.

Thesis Statement: Parents need to teach their children the meaning of consent from a young age with
age-appropriate lessons.

I. Introduction
a. Hook: What is Consent? Consent means both people in a sexual encounter must agree
to it. Either person may decide at any time that they no longer consent and want to
stop. When you consent to one behavior, that doesn’t obligate you to consent to any
other behaviors.
b. Overview: Early talks when children are young lay the groundwork for open and direct
conversations as children get older. For your younger child, you can introduce ideas
about consent without relating it to sex. And as your child gets older, you can start
talking more openly and directly about sexual consent.

c. Thesis Statement: Parents need to teach their children the meaning of consent from a
young age with age-appropriate lessons.

Transition: Now that you're aware of the overview, let's begin with the main parts of the topic.

II. Body
a. Main Point 1: It’s important for teenagers to understand that consent is essential to
healthy, respectful and safe sexual experiences.
i. Supporting detail 1: Most teenagers will experiment with sexual behavior at
some stage. If and when teenagers start being intimate, doing sexual things or
having any kind of sex with other people, they need consent.
ii. Supporting detail 2: it isn’t always easy for teenagers to tell whether other
people want to be intimate or have sex. In fact, it isn’t always easy for teenagers
to figure out their own sexual desires and feelings. And teenagers can feel
guilted or pressured into having sex.

Transition: Now let us move on the other main points.

b. Main Point 2: Communication is key to giving and getting consent.

i. Supporting detail 1: Talking about scenarios like the one above can help teens
and parents think things through and get used to open communication.
 ii. Supporting detail 2: The best way for your child to get consent for a sexual
activity is to ask. Your child should never assume other people have given
consent, or take things as signs of consent.

Transition: In some situations…

c. Main Point 3: Teenagers can’t always give or get consent.

i. Supporting detail 1: Teenagers can't give or get consent when someone is
threatened or verbally or physically forced, under the influence of alcohol or
other drugs and doesn't fully understand the sexual activity or its consequences.
ii. Supporting detail 2: If someone agrees to an activity under pressure of
intimidation or threat, that isn't considered consent because it was not given
freely.

Transition: Let me briefly summarize the main points...

III. Conclusion
a. Review of Main Points: It’s important for teenagers to understand that consent is
essential to healthy, respectful and safe sexual experiences. Also, communication is key
to giving and getting consent and last teenagers can’t always give or get consent.
b. Final Remarks: To sum up, Consensual, enjoyable sexual activity is about constant
communication and negotiation. Sometimes one person will be asking for consent for
something, and sometimes they’ll be giving it. If teenagers can communicate openly and
freely during their sexual experiences, these experiences are likely to feel good, and be
equal, legal and safe. It’s important for teenagers to know that they don’t have to
consent to sex or to a particular sexual activity just because everyone else is doing it.
Sexual activity needs to feel right for them.

References:

https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/connecting-communicating/tough-topics/sexual-consent-how-
to-talk-with-children-teens