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NORFOLK ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN
Patricia A. Snell, MA and Amanda S. Wolfe, MPH
Education Consultants Norfolk Advocates for Children Norfolk District Attorney’s Office
SEXTING IS A GROWING ISSUE
AMONG YOUTH AGES 13+
Sending or forwarding
inappropriate photos or videos
Any person who is naked, partially naked,
or involved in sexual activity
Sexually explicit language
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THE INTERNET
EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC
CAN’T CONTROL WHO SAVES
OR FORWARDS YOUR PHOTOS,
VIDEO, TEXTS, EMAILS OR POSTS
APPS. | EASY ACCESS
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SEXTING FACTS
AND PREVALENCE
About a 1/3 of teens are
participating (sending or receiving) and
the % increases with age1,2
Nearly 1 in 5 sext recipients have
passed the pic onto someone else3
1.) Cyber-bullying Research Center: http://www.cyberbullying.us/Sexting_Fact_Sheet.pdf
2.) National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
Sex and Tech: results from a survey of teens and young adults. 2008
3.) www.athinline.org MTV Digital Abuse Study Executive Summary
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SEXTING FACTS
AND PREVALENCE
Teens who have engaged in sexting
behaviors more likely to have had sex
than non-sexting teens
Girls who engaged in sexting have higher
prevalence of risky sex behaviors: multiple partners,
using drugs and alcohol before sex4
4.) Teen Sexting and Its Association with Sexual Behaviors. Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine Vol 166 (No.9)
September 2012, Journal of American Medicine
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COERCION v. CHOICE
51% of teen girls say pressure from a guy is the
Reason for sending nude photos5
Of teens who sexted, 66% of girls and 60% of teen boys say they did it
Because they wanted to be “fun and flirtatious”5
Girls are more likely to be pressured than boys6
Youth who are coerced to sext face greater risks of emotional impact
of shame and regret6
5.) National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and Unplanned Pregnancy (2008)
6.) Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center 2011-2012
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ISSUES WITH SEXTING
CONSEQUENCES
No control over where the photo(s)
or videos go
Could lead to online harassment,
cyberbullying, or teen dating violence
Social humiliation and damage to
reputation
School consequences
suspension / expulsion
Self harm and/or suicide
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LEGAL
CONSEQUENCES
CURRENT CONVICTIONS
Production, promotion, possession, and
dissemination of child pornography
Disorderly conduct
Illegal use of a minor in
nudity-orientated material
Open and gross lewdness
Sexual abuse of children
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LEGAL
CONSEQUENCES
REAL LIFE EXAMPLES
Who is charged?
• A.H. v. State, Florida
• Child pornography conviction
Philip Alpert, Florida
• Felony charges
sending child pornography
State v. Canal, Iowa
• Obscenity conviction
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Yuri Wright
• Lost football scholarship due to racist
and sexually graphic tweets
POPULAR SITES
APPS
Texting, email, social networking sites:
FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | SNAPCHAT | SECRET CALCULATOR
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CYBER-BULLYING
text, email, blogs, Facebook
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REAL LIFE
POSTS
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SEXTING AND
TEEN DATING VIOLENCE
1/5 high school girls and 1/13 high school
boys experience teen dating violence before
graduating from high school5,6
Dating and relationship abuse reported to begin as early as age 11,
with sexual behavior viewed as normal7
Sexting falls into the new category of “digital abuse”
and can be used to control someone in a relationship
5.) Silverman JG, Raj A, Mucci LA, Hathaway JE. Dating violence against adolescent girls and associated substance use, unhealthy
weight control, sexual risk behavior, pregnancy, and suicidality. JAMA 2001;286:572--9.
6.) "Social and Environmental Contexts of Adolescent and Young Adult Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative
Study," Elizabeth Reed, ScD, Jay G. Silverman, PhD, Anita Raj, PhD, Emily F. Rothman, et al. American Journal of Men's Health,
Volume 2 Number 3, September 2008 260-271
7.)Tween and Teen Dating Abuse Study, 2008, https://www.breakthecycle.org/sites/default/files/pdf/survey-lina-tweens-2008.pdf
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SEXTING AND
TEEN DATING VIOLENCE
One person may force or threaten a person
with consequences if they do not send
Explicit photos
If a relationship ends, one person may spread the
existing photos to other people to get back at the
person who ended the relationship, or to blackmail
the person who is trying to end the relationship
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WHAT PARENTS CAN DO
For younger kids who do not yet know
about sex, educate them that text
messages should never contain pictures of
people without their clothes on, kissing, or
touching each other with private parts
Talk to your teens about healthy
relationships, specifically that pressure to
send a naked photo or sexually suggestive
message is not part of a healthy
relationship and is disrespectful
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THINK BEFORE YOU POST
PRIVACY SETTINGS
PHOTOS/VIDEOS/INFO.
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ENCOURAGE KIDS TO THINK
BEFORE YOU FORWARD
When you receive a text, you do not know the context of
what was going on when that picture was taken:
-could the person have been pressured or forced to send the pic?
-could the person have been intoxicated when they took this picture?
-could the person in the pic not even have known that a photo was being taken?
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PARENTS AND
CELL PHONE MONITORING
Set up an expectation (and follow through!) that
you will be regularly checking your child’s phone
and screening all messages, texts, videos, pictures, etc.
Talk to other parents and your kids to stay up to date with
the latest apps and social media platforms—use these
products yourself.
Consider blocking photo/video capabilities or putting a
limit on internet use on cell phone.
Use a formal monitoring system (ex: my mobile watchdog)
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MEDIA
IN THE BEDROOM
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Decrease in time teens’ spend sleeping
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More time online, less sleep, and more tired
(Van den Bulck, 2004)
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Mobile phone use late at night associated with
tiredness, up to a year later (Van den Bulck, 2007)
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Chronic lack of sleep associated with (Tarokh &
Carskadon, 2008)
– Mood regulation problems, learning, and memory
– Poor school performance
– Risk taking, risky behaviors and decisions
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PREP YOUR KIDS IN HOW TO
RESPOND TO SEXTS
Stress your discomfort:
“I’m way too uncomfortable doing that.”
Emphasize feelings: “If you really cared for me,
you wouldn’t ask me to do that.”
Change the subject: “Um let’s do something else, ok?”
Call them out: “Nope, not gonna do anything illegal just to excite
you.” Try Humor!
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DEALING WITH SEXTING
SCHOOL RESPONSE
Create a detailed policy for responding to
sexting incidents (whether they happen on or off school property)
Provide prevention education programs to
students about sexting and its consequences
Utilize “teachable moments” when sexting
incidents appear on the news or other media
Report to administration and police
Contact parents and students involved
Contact the school resource officer and local police
to investigate any photos/videos
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PLACES TO GET HELP
www.athinline.com
www.thatsnotcool.com
www.Loveisrespect.org
www.marccenter.webs.com
www.eyesonbullying.org
www.commonsensemedia.org
www.netsmartz/sexting
DOVE, local domestic violence agency
www.dovema.org
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