Florida Atlantic University did a study last year on the topic of sexting. For me, I don’t think the results were shocking, but alarming. It’s said that sexting has not yet reached epidemic levels, but they have not decreased in past years. 63.9 percent of students who were asked to send a sext by their boyfriends or girlfriend complied. Approximately 14 percent of middle and high school students had received a sexually explicit image from a boyfriend or girlfriend, while 13.6 percent said they received such an image from someone who was not a current romantic partner. To think that middle schoolers are sexting blows my mind so much. In middle school you’re suppose to be innocent and not even be aware of sexual activities. I think it is also very important that we normalize saying no to people when they asks for certain things that we don’t feel comfortable sending. I feel like too many young people and maybe some adults feel like they are obligated to give their partner explicit picture because “it what people do when they’re together”, but honestly it’s not something that young people should be experimenting with. There are too many bad things that can come from it. Also, I think it’s very important to teach our kids not to ask for things like that because even if the consent was there from both sides, there could easily be a situation where the one who sent to sext claims they were forced. I know most parents have the birds and bees conversation with their children, but would you feel comfortable having a conversation about sexting and sending explicit images to others with your kids if there was never a personal reason to?
https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/teen-sexting-update.php
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