1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: This is gem Nation with. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 2: Have you seen this story of Sydney nightclub as band 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 2: patrons from staring at someone from afar without prior verbal 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: consent in a bid to make the venue a safe space. 5 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: What do you make of it? 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 2: Well, you know, when you read the story, it doesn't 7 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 2: seem like at first you go, ah, you can't do 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 2: anything anymore. But like if you go to a club 9 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 2: and some person just kept staring at you. 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: And there's a club that's opened, be four in the morning, 11 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: so you would get some inappropriate attention maybe. 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. So what they've done this is the Darlinghurst Institution 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 2: Club seventy seven. They've got this new safety and harassment 14 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 2: policy which will see them dispatch a safety officer and 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 2: a pink fluo vest to deal with complaints which breach 16 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 2: rules which also stipulate that any interaction between patrons should 17 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 2: have prior verbal consent. So I don't know if you 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 2: go up to the excuse me, excuse me, Sharona, I 19 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 2: can't but notice that you're an attractive woman. Can I 20 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 2: stare at you for a bit? 21 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: You know when you say it like that, it sounds 22 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: ludicrous in our day for people our age. This does 23 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: seem bizarre, but if you read further down the story, 24 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: people are saying that Generation X are hyper aware of 25 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: issues around sexual harassment. Younger people jen Z don't ask 26 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: for phone numbers anymore. They want a social media handle 27 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: so they can check you out. And that's a safe 28 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: distance to be if you slide into someone's DMS rather 29 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: than them having your number. So they're very aware of 30 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: these issues for us oldies, where eyeballing someone at the 31 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: pub and falling in love or falling in lust or 32 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: just enjoying someone for an evening, yep is how it 33 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: was always done, and it is as a mother of 34 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: two sons. They're very respectful young men, and I wonder 35 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: how you navigate the modern world of it all of consent. 36 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: But I think humans are still humans, and humans will 37 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: still want human contact, and if you like someone, you'll 38 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: let them know through cues, I'm sure, without having to 39 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: do the long distance inappropriate step. 40 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 2: I always think about you telling that story about it 41 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: at a school dance or some sort of dance and 42 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 2: the guy goes up to the girl and quotes the 43 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 2: lyrics to I honestly. 44 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 1: Love, put his hands on her hips and looked in 45 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: her face and said the words to her. 46 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 2: If we get somewhere between that and maybe a glimpse 47 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 2: across the room. 48 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: But you know, all these are how you learn the 49 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: rules of falling in love and the rules of engagement. 50 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: But there is a limit to where those where you 51 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: draw the line for those rules. So I'll be interested 52 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: to see how this goes, because this club isn't for 53 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: people of our age. This is for people who have 54 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: different rules of engagement to what we grew up with. 55 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 2: So you'd be there just having a good old gander. 56 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: Excuse me, ma'am. They blow a whistle in my face 57 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 1: staring at what. So it's easy to say, oh, you 58 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: can't do anything anymore, But at the same time, you can. 59 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: You can, you can do things. People still will have 60 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: human connection. We just need to be responsible.