Gender, Pressure, Coercion and Pleasure: Untangling Motivations for Sexting Between Young People

Lee, Murray; Crofts, Thomas

doi:10.1093/bjc/azu075

Cited by 105 publications

(70 citation statements)

References 19 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…For gender differences, no consensus was found but a trend was noticed in terms of judgment and criticism toward girls who are considered more pejoratively if they practiced sexting but also if they did not want to. The association between sexting behaviors and being part of an ethnic minority that was sometimes found could be explained by the pressure context that these marginalized populations could possibly experience [38]. Sexting was often associated with being sexually active but not necessarily with specific risky sexual behaviors when they were assessed separately, such as unprotected intercourse, and it mostly occurred in the context of a relationship.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexting and the Definition Issue

Barrense-Dias

Berchtold

Surı́s

et al. 2017

Journal of Adolescent Health

195

126

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Sexting among youths has become a necessary topic of interest in research because of the negative consequences that this activity could create, especially when content is shared with others. Indeed, this loss of control could lead to humiliation, (cyber)bullying, or harassment. The development of new technologies, press coverage, and increase of prevalence rates could also explain the growth of interest in sexting. However, its definition is still a gray area. This review examines the different definitions of sexting used in the literature and its correlates. Several elements of the definition of sexting were assessed: actions (sending, receiving, and forwarding); media types (text, images, and videos); sexual characteristics; and transmission modes. Nine databases were searched for studies on sexting among youths up to 18 years of age. Eighteen studies published between 2012 and 2015 were included. Prevalence rates of sexting ranged between .9% and 60% partly depending on the definition. Most studies assessed sending, but when sending and receiving were measured, prevalence rates were higher for receiving. Some articles found associations with age, gender, race, sexual behavior, romantic relationships, risky behaviors, online activity, psychological difficulties, and social pressure. Finding a consensus regarding the definition is essential to assess accurately the activity and adapt prevention. Adolescents' interpretations of the activity are important as sexting could be used as a sexual behavior between two consenting persons. Prevention strategies should focus on sexting that goes wrong when it is forwarded to a third party and when it occurs in a context of pressure or harassment.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexting and the Definition Issue

Barrense-Dias

Berchtold

Surı́s

et al. 2017

Journal of Adolescent Health

195

126

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This gendered perception and negotiation of risk and harm may be related to the gendering of prevention and education approaches to sexting, and to the 'moral panic' nature of news media reporting, in which it is mostly young females who are identified as more likely to be 'at risk' of any adverse outcomes linked to engaging in the behaviour (see Dobson 2015;Döring 2014;Hasinoff 2012Hasinoff , 2015Hasinoff and Shepherd 2014;Karaian 2012Karaian , 2014Ringrose et al 2012Ringrose et al , 2013Salter et al 2013). These gender differences can be further attributed to the persistence of a gendered double standard in dominant discourses of sexting where it is young females who continue to be shamed for engaging in the practice and blamed in cases of sexting 'gone wrong' (Albury et al 2013;Dobson 2015;Döring 2014;Englander 2012;Hasinoff 2012Hasinoff , 2015Hasinoff and Shepherd 2014;Karaian 2012Karaian , 2014Lee and Crofts 2015;Ringrose et al 2012Ringrose et al , 2013Salter et al 2013).…”

Section: Sexting Definitions and Prevalencementioning

confidence: 99%

Sex(t) Talk: A Qualitative Analysis of Young Adults’ Negotiations of the Pleasures and Perils of Sexting

Burkett

2015

Sexuality & Culture

134

104

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

To date, there has been much quantitative research conducted on sexting, often with a focus on investigating its prevalence among young people and which also typically presents the behaviour as deviant and risky. As a result, less is known about the everyday nature of sexting, and the various reasons and motivations regarding why individuals engage in the behaviour beyond a simplistic framing of the behaviour as risky and deviant. The present study was qualitative in nature, involving in-depth interviews with 40 young people aged 18–25 years, exploring their perceptions and experiences of sexualised culture. Sexting was a topic of discussion and it is this issue that is the focus of this paper. Interviews revealed the different encounters in which sexting occurred including within the contexts of casual sexual, dating and intimate relationships, and in a non-sexual peer context with friends, in addition to the varied motivations, reasons, and feelings associated with these experiences. Findings therefore provide further understanding and knowledge of the everyday and varied nature of sexting, contributing to the emerging research literature focusing on a qualitative approach that explores everyday negotiations and experiences of sexting and which moves discussions beyond focussing primarily on prevalence, risk and harm

show abstract

“…Social shaming and bullying of exposed sexters are depicted as inevitable (Dobson and Ringrose 2015). Sexting has, therefore, been conceptualised as either a form of or directly linked to bullying within the peer group (see Dake et al 2012; Lee and Crofts 2015;Ringrose et al 2013;Shariff and DeMartini 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Images can be distributed without the consent of the subject (who can then experience shaming or harassment from peers), and individuals (often young women) can experience pressure to engage in sexting or can be sent unsolicited images without their consent (often by young men) (Angrove 2015;Ringrose et al 2013;Shariff and DeMartini 2015). While not all youth sexting is harmful, particular types of young people may be at heightened risk of abuse and bullying (Lee and Crofts 2015;Cooper et al 2016). Through interviews with young people in Canada, Mishna et al (2018) show how gendered and sexualised bullying and cyberbullying is shaped by a normalisation of gender and sexual stereotypes.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Rights-Based Approach to Youth Sexting: Challenging Risk, Shame, and the Denial of Rights to Bodily and Sexual Expression Within Youth Digital Sexual Culture

Setty

2019

Int Journal of Bullying Prevention

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Educational interventions on youth sexting often focus on individual sexters or would-be sexters, and are driven by the aim of encouraging young people to abstain from producing and sharing personal sexual images. This approach has been criticised for failing to engage with the complex sociocultural context to youth sexting. Drawing upon qualitative group and one-to-one interviews with 41 young people aged 14 to 18 living in a county in southeast England, I explore young people's perceptions and practices surrounding sexting. By taking a grounded theory approach to the research, I reveal how young people's shaming of digitally mediated sexual self-expression shaped and was shaped by a denial of rights to bodily and sexual autonomy and integrity. This denial of rights underpinned harmful sexting practices, including violations of privacy and consent, victim blaming, and bullying. I conclude that responses to youth sexting should attend to this broader youth cultural context, emphasise the roles and responsibilities of bystanders, and encourage a collectivist digital sexual ethics based upon rights to one's body and freedom from harm (Albury,

show abstract

Gender, Pressure, Coercion and Pleasure: Untangling Motivations for Sexting Between Young People

Cited by 105 publications

References 19 publications

Sexting and the Definition Issue

Sexting and the Definition Issue

Sex(t) Talk: A Qualitative Analysis of Young Adults’ Negotiations of the Pleasures and Perils of Sexting

A Rights-Based Approach to Youth Sexting: Challenging Risk, Shame, and the Denial of Rights to Bodily and Sexual Expression Within Youth Digital Sexual Culture

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About