DEDICATED TO NORMALIZING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
especially among young men
COMING SPRING 2025: THE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION PODCAST!
This April, look out for the launch of Season 1 of The Uncomfortable Conversation Podcast, hosted by founder Sarah Pierson. Guests will join for a hopefully not too uncomfortable conversation to share their experiences and insights with bystander intervention, supporting survivors, navigating consent, initiating conversations about sexual violence and healthy relationships with others, and so much more. Season 1 guests include a bar manager, pleasure educator, private security detail, youth program manager, among others!
#01
How Not to Freak Out if a Friend is Sexually Assaulted
#02
How to Advocate for Survivors
#25
How Consent Equals Good Game
#47
How to Teach Consent
#63
How to Get Consent for a Bro Hug
#70
How to Get Innovative with Advocacy
talk about it
The Uncomfortable Conversation,
The Uncomfortable Conversation, Inc. is dedicated to normalizing conversations about sexual violence, particularly among young men. We believe conversations are accessible, practical and scalable tools that drive individual, organizational and cultural change. The Uncomfortable Conversation has produced 100+ short videos illustrating how people of all genders, but especially men, can support survivors, navigate consent, and address troubling ideas or behaviors among peers.
The Uncomfortable Conversation is grounded in two years of listening and learning from the sexual violence prevention field, survivors of sexual violence and the organizations that serve them, a listening tour with leaders from all sectors about their engagement with sexual violence, and over 75 in-depth interviews with young men. The most interesting discovery throughout this journey has been the realization that people of all genders struggle to find ways to talk about sexual violence, a startling prospect given how unfortunately prevalent it is in our society – and our media dialogue – today. While the volume of the conversation is at an all-time high, popular media still lacks positive examples of the healthy conversations and behaviors we know will change culture.
The project has been featured in the Philadelphia Metro, WHYY, NY Observer, AskMen and FoxNews, and at events like the Independent Television Festival, Civic Series, Calling All Crows 10th Anniversary Event, and an interactive screening event at HBO.