We see a role for students in this work, but are ever mindful that it is not the job of children to fix or implement broken or absent systems. This work is inherently harmful, and children must be protected from burn-out, micro and macro aggressions, and backlash which results in the loss of social capital, and permanent psychological harm. Obtaining informed consent from students, and determining the developmentally appropriate amount of involvement is paramount to this process.

We also see that children have been left out of the larger movements such as Me Too, and Times Up, and that survivor lead advocacy, which is central to the larger sexual harm advocacy movement, is inherently ageist for children. We wish to form a praxis which takes into consideration the unique lives, lack of agency, and world view of today’s children, and which appreciates the unique opportunities afforded to us to intervene on male sexual violence early, before lives are ruined—for both victims and perpetrators. We wish to partner with other feminist movements to help them confront this adult privilege in order to make measurable gains in the reduction of sexual harm in the adult spheres of life.