TO MISTAKE IGNORANCE FOR INNOCENCE, AND TO INSIST ON COVERING THE EARS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IS TO LEAVE THEIR WELLBEING AND SAFETY TO CHANCE.

Research

My research and commentary has been published in several places, including the Australian Journal of Human Rights and the Journal of Sex Education.

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Media

From breakfast television to afternoon radio to newspapers to podcasts, I am frequently sought for comment across a diverse range of media platforms.

I contribute regularly for The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, where I write about sexuality and society. You can find my pieces here. I also sometimes write for Crikey.

I have been featured on 60 Minutes, The Drum, The Project and The Morning Show, and in The Monthly, the Australian Financial Review and The Weekend Australian.

An online petition has revealed the shocking extent of sexual assault playing out in Australia’s private schools.

Warning, this story contains details that may be triggering for other victims. pic.twitter.com/XZvzZ17d94
— The Project (@theprojecttv) February 21, 2021

“Australia needs to overhaul its approach to sex education to stop the “conveyor belt” of assault cases facing the courts and better prevent crimes before they occur, a sex crimes prosecutor says.”
Hannah Wootton AFR
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“Marson has a valuable way of framing RSE: harm-prevention is a positive by-product that flows from something that is actually a right. How can we justify depriving young people of access to information that they need to lead healthy, fulfilling lives?”
Bri Lee, The Monthly
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“It’s to be expected everywhere: this concern that talking to young people about sex and sexuality will encourage them to behave in that way, when we know the opposite is true.” Marson is defiant, arguing that pushback doesn’t make progress impossible so long as government and enough of the public are sufficiently committed to young people’s wellbeing”
Bri Lee, The Monthly
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