Word list

This list explains what the bold words in this document mean.

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Attitudes

Attitudes are what you think, feel and believe.

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Gender

Your gender is what you feel and understand about who you are as a person.

It isn’t about whether your body looks male or female.

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Gender equality

Gender equality will happen when all people in Australia believe everyone is equal, including women and men.

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Justice system

The justice system helps to make people who use violence responsible for their behaviour.

The justice system includes police, courts, the law and prisons.

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Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment is when someone makes you feel uncomfortable when they:

  • make sexual comments about you that you don’t like
  • act in a sexual way towards you.

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Sexual violence

Sexual violence is when someone:

  • makes you do sexual things you don’t want to do
  • does something sexual to you that you don’t want them to do.