Welcome to The [respect] Room, bringing light to heavy topics.

The [respect] Room is an original podcast developed by the Sex Abuse Treatment Center. We are releasing a new episode weekly in April. You can also access our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.

Mahalo to our longtime partners the Honolulu Theatre for Youth and the Hawai‘i State Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Branch, Sexual Violence Prevention Program. Funding for this project is provided by the HDOH Maternal and Child Health Branch through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rape Prevention and Education Program.

Season 2 Episodes (2022)

This episode is a talk story session with four adolescents, who share their insights and wisdom on consent, respect, and online safety. Listen to their experiences and stories on bullying, character development, mental health, what consent means to them, and the role technology plays in their relationships.

This episode is a talk story session with four adolescents, who share their insights and wisdom on consent, peer pressure, and online safety. Listen to their experiences and stories on peer relationships, what consent means to them, and the role technology plays in their relationships.

This episode is a talk story session with four high school athletes and their coach, who share their insights and wisdom on relationships and healthy masculinity. Listen to their experiences and stories on romantic relationships, green and red flags, and stereotypes.

This episode is a talk story session with four adolescents, who share their insights and wisdom on healthy and unhealthy relationships. Listen to their experiences and stories on peer relationships, green and red flags, effects of the pandemic, identity development, and their relationships with technology. 

Season 1 Episodes (2021)

What does it meant to “be a man?” This episode is a “talk session” with two community members with prevention and education backgrounds exploring the concept of masculinity. They discuss the pressures young boys/men face in trying to uphold gender norms and how this may perpetuate sexual violence. Learn how men can be a part of the solution in helping to prevent sexual violence.

Everyone responds to trauma differently and sexual assault may have short- or long-term impacts for survivors and their loved ones. This episode is a talk story session with a community provider and former SATC therapist. Tune in to learn about the hope, healing, and recovery that exists on one’s journey after sexual assault. And how survivors and their loved ones can take care of themselves, and ways family and friends can help support them.

This episode is a talk story session with three community members with prevention education backgrounds discussing their experience with bystander intervention. Learn about how being an upstander can help prevent sexual violence. They also share the challenges of being an upstander, as well as the importance of bystander intervention, and a few tips on what you can do.

1 in 4 girls and 1 in 13 boys will experience sexual abuse before the age of 18. This episode is a talk story session with two therapists explaining the stages of sexual grooming. Learn valuable information on how to keep our children and community safe.