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Consent is central to the sexting practices of both women and men, but they approach it differently.
New technologies lead to new forms of gender-based violence such as cyberflashing, where survivors receive unsolicited explicit images. There is a need for legal and societal responses in response.
It’s rarely the creep at the playground. About 90% of child sexual abusers know the family.
New research shows how current messages to ‘simply avoid’ sexting do not work for young people.
The sharing of intimate images has been on the rise among young people. But research shows navigating consent in these situations can come with a lot of grey areas.
An expert explains what to do if you find images of yourself online.
An expert on adolescent sexuality weighs in on how technology has changed the amount and type of pornography that teens can consume – and what that means when it happens at school.
A new study looks at how Australians use technology in their sex lives and the benefits of this.
Parents who spy on their children’s online activity run the risk of doing more harm than good, an expert says.
New research shows young men value respect and boundaries in sexting, though their motivations for doing so are complex.
The law on indecent imagery of children should distinguish between pictures or videos produced by young people and those taken by adults.
Youth who are sexting are four times more likely to be having sex. They are five times more likely to have had multiple sexual partners and twice as likely not to be using contraception.
France’s #MeToo backlash has revealed just how deeply rooted sexism is in the country. Disguised as flirtation or child’s play, sexual harassment begins as early as elementary school.
Children need be able to identify potentially harmful sexual behaviours, including sexting, from a young age.
Former Conservative MP Tony Clement, dropped from caucus over a public sexting scandal raises questions for all of us about what is too much in our ‘casual’ daily online exchanges.
Dick pics are widely considered a form of sexual violence. But while that is often true, they can also be funny, sexy and playful. Apparently, some straight guys even send them to each other.
Sex education lessons will soon cover sexting, consent, body image and different types of contraception.
Our experts offer 12 tips to parents and educators – to protect their kids from sexual solicitation online and encourage safe and responsible internet use.
Sex-education curricula that openly discuss sexting, consent and other online behaviours have never been more important for teens – in Ontario and globally.
Top contributors
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Director, Behavioral Health and Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch
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Professor of Global & Language Studies, RMIT University
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Professor, School of Sociology, Australian National University
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PhD student in Clinical Psychology, University of Calgary
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Research Assistant to Dr Claire Meehan on teenagers and sexting, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor, Department of English, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
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Professor of Law , Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Human Development, California State University, Monterey Bay
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Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham
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Senior Research Fellow, Division of Health Research and Social Work, Lancaster University; La Trobe University