7 Things A University Sexual Consent Workshop Leader Wants You To Know

"One person said it was her fault for being alone and wearing a dress. That probably happened once in every workshop."

You have just taken a seat in a circle, in the middle of a room, surrounded by between 20 and 30 other people. Some of the people you vaguely recognise, but couldn't name. Others are complete strangers. Everyone is the same age; a mixture of men and women. The one thing you have in common is you're here for the same reason: to talk about consent and sex.

Lessons for adults about sexual relationships are gathering momentum: several universities now offer them, including Cambridge University, where 800 students have launched a campaign to change the way disciplinary cases over sexual misconduct are dealt with. But what is it really like to teach people about sex when it is making headlines for all the wrong reasons?

HuffPost UK talked to Celia Hart – who started running consent workshops for students in 2015 at her Cambridge University college – about her experiences long before the emergence of the #MeToo movement.

In her role as her college Women's Officer, Hart designed a programme, based on workshops run by Sexpression and other UK universities, all responding to growing calls for preventative action. Here's what Hart learned.

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