Supporting Young People to Understand Affirmative Consent Program (2022 - 2025)
Is This OK?? is one of the 13 projects created as part of the Supporting Young People to Understand Affirmative Consent (SYPTUAC) Program. The SYPTUAC program aims to empower and educate young people and their key influencers to strengthen their understanding of affirmative consent and healthy relationships.
Is This OK??
Developed by The Man Cave
Is This OK?? is The Man Cave’s digital affirmative consent program for young people, parents and educators. Following two seasons delivering a weekly live show to our audience via Twitch, we are transitioning to YouTube to build a database of consent, relationship and support resources for young folks to access at their leisure.
We have teamed up with Teach Us Consent for this iteration of the project to co-design and deliver a collaborative product, utilising their knowledge in consent education and our skills in engaging and connecting with teenage boys.
Season 3 of Is This OK?? will focus on relatable role models from the wider community who can speak openly about their high school experiences, relationships, and what respect and consent looks like in real life. The four episodes will go live between September and October 2025, featuring real conversations with an array of public role models alongside engaging short-form content that will accompany each episode. This will be paired with our third season of the Is This OK?? podcast, focusing on parent, carer and educator experiences, with expert knowledge for those who support and want to level up how they have these conversations with teenage boys.
Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Care
Lubly consent
Information about affirmative consent for Aboriginal young people aged 14-18 years, as well as youth and family practitioners.
Women’s Health East
Get the Go-Ahead
A set of resources about affirmative consent, co-designed and co-created with a group of Disabled young people.
Women’s Health in the North
Taking ACtion: Affirmative Consent in the North
A youth-led affirmative consent education and community engagement pilot project. Taking ACtion focuses on affirmative consent, respectful relationships and sexual violence prevention using a rights-based and sex-positive approach.
The Supporting Young People to Understand Affirmative Consent Program is supported by the Victorian Government.
Accessing sexual violence support
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, there are specialist sexual assault services across Victoria that provide free and confidential counselling and advocacy support for people of all ages.
You can find your local service by using the Specialist Sexual Assault Service Map.
If you have experienced a recent sexual assault, you can call the Sexual Assault Crisis Line (SACL) on 1800 806 292.
SACL operates between 5pm - 9am on weeknights and throughout weekends and public holidays. During office hours, the line will divert to your local specialist sexual assault service.
