Sexting and Gender Violence Among Young People: An Integrative Literature Review.

Abstract

This review aimed to systematize the studies on sexting and gender violence published between 2000 and 2016 in national and international journals. The search was performed in the databases - BVS-Psi, Psychlit, Medline, LILACS, and Oasis. We found 383 articles. After applying the exclusion criteria, 21 articles were analyzed. The results showed that sexting is not an a priori risk factor. The risk is related to variables such as the content of the messages, when it expresses violence, and age of the practitioners, indicating that the younger the age the greater the risk. It has been found that there are modalities related to gender violence, such as revenge pornography and slut-shaming, but these contents are not inherent to sexting.

Digital abuse among dating partners: perspectives and experiences of adolescents from two Brazilian capitals

“…In the set of statements, control/monitoring practices and unauthorized exposure of intimate material have an unequivocal character of gender violence. They reaffirm patriarchal, misogynistic paradigms, especially concerning female behavior and the exercise of their sexuality 13,17,36 . Those who dare to violate socially validated morality norms will suffer retaliation (revenge in the interpersonal sphere), which on the Internet is mediated by a variety of attacks on the figure, with insults and misogynistic expressions, which also exponentially intensify the damage already suffered by the victim.…”

“…On the other hand, public exposure of girls' bodies and sexuality may have devastating effects on their honor and reputation. The circulating image will be accompanied by moral labels of "slut", "easy girl", "whore", a practice called "slut-shaming" 17 . In the patriarchal model, the dissemination of the female body in erotic action continues to be a reason for moral banishment.…”

“…Both unauthorized exposure of intimate material and digital control are part of the phenomenon known as cyber dating abuse. This phe-nomenon has been little studied in Brazil 4, [16][17][18] . However, international research has already brought evidence of the impacts of these types of violence on adolescents' physical and mental health [19][20][21][22][23] .…”