Eliminating Gender Based Violence In Teen Relationships
Instead of teaching boys and men, not to rape and not to hurt women, let's teach them to be BRAVE. . Instead of teaching boys and men to be strong let's teach them to be BRAVE. BRAVE means BOUNDARIES, RESPECT, AGREEMENT/ASK, VALUES, EQUALITY/EMPATHY/EMPOWERING We always say consent NO means NO, but it's more than NO means NO, it is having an enthusiastic YES. Much more than a NO, because sometimes people don't know how to say NO. Or they, they do not understood or they fearful to say no, because they think someone will laugh at them or somebody will think they are funny or not friendly. And so maybe they just to be afraid that they'll get hurt. So they, they don't say NO, but they have not said YES. Lois Wagner helps people move from situation where they've experienced some terrible trauma adversity or challenge and how to overcome that and to grow. So they grow from victim to survivor, to thriver and then to freedom. Lois helps people overcome the adversities and the challenges that have been forced upon them. Lois; "I was brutally attacked and raped, and it's just, I've spent a lot of my time helping people survive and to overcome the trauma of that. But what I really want to do is I want to stop that happening in the first place. And hence, I want to stop this kind of,this kind of angst and violence and gender-based violence among kids and teenagers. And that's what I now work on. I work on helping, working with teenagers mostly and getting them to understand how they can grow into strong, healthy adults".