Lads: A Guide to Respect and Consent - Step Up, Speak Out and Create Positive Change

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Be the guy to step up, speak out and create positive change.

Have you ever been in a situation where there's a loud guy making inappropriate comments, cracking jokes that only he thinks are funny or leering at the girls in the room You can feel it in the room, right That guy is causing a lot of tension and giving lads everywhere a bad name.

This is a book about how not to be that guy. It's a book about getting comfortable calling out bad behaviour. And it's a book that will help you feel confident navigating the modern minefield of relationships and interacting with girls, while being the guy that makes girls feel safe, heard and respected.

From flirting with disaster and staying in the friend zone, to porn, locker-room talk, consent and inappropriate behaviour, this is a non-accusatory handbook for teens and young men who are fed up of that guy, and who want to be The Good Guy - the one that everyone wants to have around.

Recommended for ages 13 and over.

Author Bio

Alan Bissett is a novelist, playwright and performer from Falkirk, in Scotland. Formerly a secondary school teacher, bookshop assistant and university lecturer, Alan has been working as a full-time writer since 2007.

His first novel, Boyracers (2001) followed the formative years of four Falkirk teenagers and his second novel, The Incredible Adam Spark (2005), told the story of Scotland's first superhero. His most recent books, Death of a Ladies' Man (2009) and Pack Men (2011) were both shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Council Fiction of the Year awards.

He was Glenfiddich 'Spirit of Scotland' Writer of the Year in 2012, and in 2016 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Stirling University for his Outstanding Contribution to Scottish Culture.

Since 2011, Alan's focus has been on playwriting, and he has twice been shortlisted for Best New Play at the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland. In 2022, he was one of the writers of the Police Scotland video 'Don't Be That Guy', which focused on toxic male behaviours towards women and which went viral, garnering much praise and winning a PRCA Dare Award (for UK-wide PR campaigns) in the 'Public Sector' category.