Sexting Social Consequences

They need to understand how sexting can lead to felony charges, humiliation, and more. One of the best ways to protect your teen from depression and other mental health issues, which can be caused by sexting according to recent research, is to talk to them. Let them know all the reasons why sexting is dangerous. For example, it can make them targets for sexual predators and haunt them for a lifetime. Additionally, more and more colleges and employers check online profiles for indications of a candidate’s suitability, compromising photos are a huge red flag. The low self-esteem that often results from sexting or comments about photos shared can also lead to a lifetime of low social status. Moreover, studies found that over 76.2% of teens who sexted on a regular basis and were propositioned during sexting admitted to having sexual intercourse. Another study found that approximately 28% of those became teen parents. Over a third of sexually active sexters ended up in abusive relationships. Many more noted being “slut shamed” in school due to a sext.

As a child born into a world coloured by electronics and filled with Web 2.0 discourse, social media has painted my worldview. It is difficult to imagine my world without social media and constant “oversharing” as this has been a significant aspect of my life for as long as I can remember. Since receiving my first cell phone in the sixth grade, my mother has always been on my speed-dial and is one of the contacts with whom I am always in constant communication. After dramatically increasing the amount of information I sent to my mother through text messaging, I gained a greater understanding of the amount that oversharing has become naturalized in modern society. Through an emic analysis, I was able to understand the culture of oversharing by actively participating in this culture. An emic analysis is an effective method for studying the culture of oversharing, as being part of the culture highlights the impacts of the culture. In modern-day society, oversharing is taking place as a function of instant messaging through many different forms, such as texting, Facebook, and Snapchat. The participants in these practices have created a new culture of online communities and an entirely new lexicon, including emojis and acronyms. As well as the advantages brought by new technology, any new media will have inherent consequences. With texting, people have started oversharing through “sexting”, sending explicit messages or photographs. Social media platforms also have consequences of

Teen sexting violates an adolescent's privacy and ruins their reputation which in turn affects their future. Due to the fact the adolescent’s frontal cortex is underdeveloped the way they make decisions is different from an adult (). Because of this the adolescent lacks the ability to assess the long term consequences of sexting. They are not able to see the major risk at hand which is the reality that there is no guarantee that the intimate photo or video will remain in the recipient’s hands. Therefore, an adolescent’s

Participants in this study were online graduate male and female students at Southern New Hampshire University (N= 14; 7 women and 7 men), ranging in age from 21-30 years old.

Sexting has been around since there have been phones that could send messages and it affects all age groups, but teens are more likely to be pressured into sending explicit messages or asking for them. Also teens can be very negatively affected, for example, a freshman in high school sent a picture of her breasts to a boy. The boy then sent the picture to some friends online.

Over the last few years, there’s been controversial talks about sexting and other such activities in the media. “Sexting” refers to a person sending sexually explicit messages and/or photos of themselves or others to their peers. In today’s world people are using cell phones, computers, web cameras, digital cameras, and/or any type of technology that can transmit photos to take and distribute these explicit photos of themselves or others. Sexting is an ever growing problem in our fast-paced society, especially with the advancement of technology. With teens and adults engaging in what can be a risky activity, it seems as though we cannot stop this. Some people don’t understand the danger they put themselves

Sexting is an informal method that is used to illustrate the love and affection between two people. This idea of sexting is not only unromantic but it is also alarming. Those who do partake in sexting usually do not think about the possible consequences that could eventually lead to humiliation, depression, and/or judgmental comments. Out of all the sexting incidents that I have observed, none of them seemed to have a positive outcome. These sexting incidents always ended up with someone getting emotionally hurt. According to what I viewed in my high school years, the cause of sexting was usually formed either through peer pressure, the desire to fit in with the “popular kids” in school, or just to try a new tactic that one would hope that

The focus of this paper is to help readers gain a deeper understanding on the issue of sexting among young teens and adults from a social science perspective. Specifically, it will examine the differences and similarities in attitudes, behaviors and consequences of sexting as it relates to gender. Through innovative methods, technology provides an opportunity for people all over the world to connect and explore their sexuality. There is an interesting contemporary interaction between technology and sexuality as it relates to sexting. Sexting is the production and distribution of sexually explicit imaged through communication technologies (Walker, Sanci, & Temple-Smith, 2013).

As mentioned in the textbook, Adolescence, in recent times text messaging has become the ultimate way that adolescents use to connect with their friends, defeating face-to-face, e-mail, instant messaging, and voice calling (Santrock, 425). With this new trend has come a new frenzy: teen “sexting”. The term “sexting” is use to describe a wide variety of activities: it can be used for producing and sending images of oneself, receiving images directly from the producer, or forwarding received images to other people. Although, the majority of attention has been directed toward “sexting” via cell phone, the term can apply to any digital media, such as e‐mail, instant messaging, and social networking sites. However, the term is most commonly associated with minors, and girls are more likely to the victims. For this reason, teen “sexting” is an increasing concern among parents, educators, and law enforcement officials.

Several forms of media and social media are influential factors of risky sexual behavior. Internet facilitates easier access to more sexually explicit material to the youth. Mass media exposure has been shown to predict sexual beliefs and attitudes (Escobar et.al, 2005; Timmerman et.al, 2008).

Findings concluded that sexting as a common practice every day but consisted of complex negotiations meaning that there are many reasons why young people would engage in sexting in different contexts. First, the author mentioned that distribution of nude, semi-nude images can be regarded as a source of humour in showing the peer bonding. This is a common phenomenon occurred in males groups for the grounds of continuing peer relationship. For example, they may show their own

Several definitions of sexting exist - some very broad, others extremely specific. Lenhart defines sexting as, “creating, sharing and forwarding of sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images” (Lenhart, 2009, p. 3). Regardless of how we define sexting, however, its existence is pervasive and, I argue, a product of the media-internet

Great Post! I agree with you that cell phones or access to technology are given at a much younger age, thus they have become proficient with technology at a much faster rate compared to us during their age. Sexting can be seen as a form of intimacy or to strengthen a relationship, but one of the biggest components is trust with another person. The can consequence of sexting can be detrimental to one personal mental health. I've seen it first-hand the effects of this because just like you I had the same type of incident in my high school. As children are learning sex-ed in class there should be an added education curriculum or unit. They should be taught the dangers and the need to take precautions when it comes to technology because once a

In 2010, the Pew Research Center reported that 4 percent of cell-phone using teens have sent sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images of themselves by means of text messaging ( Russo & Arndt 36). In other words this is basically stating that out of all the teens that have cell-phones 4 percent have misused them by sending a nude or nearly nude image. Clearly this research is saying that 4 percent of all teens that have phones have sexted in 2010 and the number has increased over the years. Not only is sexting used over text but online as well. According to the National Campaign 20 percent of teenagers have used electronic means to send or post nude or seminude photos or videos of themselves online ( Russo & Arndt 36). This research means that 20 percent of teenagers have posted risky pictures online where multiple people can see. It is clear you should be more cautious of things you post online for all your friends to see. There are obviously some tragic incidents that can happen due to sexting. In July 2008. Two female teenagers committed suicide because the pictures had gotten forwarded to others around the school (Russo & Arndt 36). These two girls obviously had sent these explicit photos to somebody who they could not trust. Without a doubt you should be very careful and think twice before you hit send or post. Watch what you post because it can have a negative

Gender in relation to Sexting: .Girls tend to mature faster than boys, That is why some of them are oppressed by men to send photos so as to show they are committed and also tend to follow their fellow girls who are doing the same. Adults, those who are female are also more likely to engage in sexting behaviors compared those who are male (Wysocki & Childers, 2011). A research done on Myspace has found a significant proportion of young people ‘included pictures of revealing sexual poses (59%), partial frontal male nudity (28%), partial frontal female nudity (17%), full male nudity (2%) and full female nudity (6%)’ (Pierce in Patchin and Hinduja, 2010: 201). Ringrose’s (2010) UK based qualitative research explored sexual identity construction