Respectful Relationships | Critty Wallace | RespectMe How Good Are Humans!

This week, on the 25th episode of the How Good are Humans podcast, we unveil a courageous and admirable human being: Critty Wallace.
Critty works with RespectMe—a violence prevention and respectful relationships education program.
Informed by the National Standards for the primary prevention of sexual assault through education, the RespectMe program works with primary and secondary school students and school staff to raise awareness of ethical behaviour, and promotes the prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence by building appropriate knowledge and skills.
Critty’s motivation to work in this field sits deeper than her personal values. Throughout her adolescent and adult lives, she has endured and overcome her own share of disrespectful behaviour, abuse, and trauma.
Critty has trekked an arduous journey in regaining her sense of agency and finding her voice. This journey has surely not yet culminated, but has inspired a newfound purpose: doing everything in her personal and professional capacities to ensure that other women do not suffer the same circumstances.
There is a lack of respect for women in Australian society.
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1 in 5 women have experienced sexual assault or threats of assault, and 1 in 6 women have experienced violence by a current or former partner.
It would be an understatement to say that we have a problem in this country, but we certainly do.
Thanks to a group of indomitable human beings like Critty Wallace, this vital issue is getting the attention it deserves—but, more can surely be done. I hope our conversation serves as a catalyst for more informed conversations.
Critty speaks about her own experience of intimate partner violence. She outlines the prevalence and types of gendered violence present in society, and explains the underlying causes. We address the topics of consent and unhealthy expectations in relationships. We conclude by talking about the RespectMe program and how it achieves its aims.
Critty is a wonderful and wise person, and her calm and collected demeanour makes this topic just that little bit easier to engage with.

I hope you come to see, like I have, just how good this human really is.

Find out more about the Cairns Reclaim the Night event on Friday, 29th of October 2021: www.facebook.com/events/cairns-australia/reclaim-the-night-2021/873485513585804/

Find out more about RespectMe: respectme.org.au