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Boys-Talk
Boys-Talk, written by Brook Friedman and illustrated by Kenton Miller, is a personal development program for young men. It examines masculinity, non-violence and relationships.
The Boys-Talk program is a practical guide for teachers, youth workers and parent groups to provide young men with support and options as they search for their own understanding of masculinity.
Boys will be boys is the fundamental reason given to a range of male behaviours that can eventuate in bullying, family violence, sexual assault and homophobic violence to others and suicide, substance abuse and harm to themselves.
Values associated with maleness continue to encourage many men to minimise responsibility for their actions. Boys-Talk encourages young men to avoid ways of being a man that can hurt themselves and disrespect the rights of others.
The program has been developed over the past decade in consultation with participants who have provided input and feedback. It has been trialed in a range of secondary schools, youth institutions and youth services.
The Boys-Talk program was awarded a Certificate of Merit in the 1995 Australian Violence Prevention Awards.
The program manual has been developed under the auspices of Men Against Sexual Assault and with the support of Child and Youth Health in South Australia. It has been produced in consultation with curriculum officers from the South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services.
