Think & Discuss.....
- What is sexting?
- What constitutes sexting?
ISL definition.......come up with your own version.
- Sexting is the act of sending
sexually explicit messages or photos electronically,
primarily between mobile phones and/or the internet.
- Sexting is an extension of cyberbullying
when someone (or
a group of people) deliberately attempts to hurt, upset, threaten or humiliate
someone else.
Blind vote
- Heads down........Do you believe a boyfriend or girlfriend
sending an explicit picture of themselves to their partner is dangerous?
Legal Implications
- Read the 4 statements below and the 4 possible implications. Look at how they progressively worse.
- Sarah, 14, takes a sexual photo of herself on
her camera-phone and sends it to her boyfriend James, 15. Sarah is now potentially guilty of
distributing child pornography. James is potentially guilty of possession of
child pornography
- Sarah dumps James. Out of revenge James sends
the photo to his friends at school. James is now guilty of distributing - and
his friends of possession - of child pornography. Sarah is embarrassed as a
sexual photo of herself circulates school
- James’s friend uploads the photo to a social
networking profile, where his photos are visible to the public. James is in breach of website terms and
guilty of distributing child pornography
- Paedophiles
browse
profiles with loose privacy settings and find the image of Sarah. Sarah unwittingly becomes the subject of
child pornography for distribution among strangers and paedophiles
What impact can this have on someones life? Discuss with your partner and make notes.
Disturbing facts - Have a look
- 38% said they had received a sexually
explicit or distressing text or email (male: 36% | female: 39%)
- 70% of young people knew the sender of the
message. 45% of messages were from a peer, 23% from a current boyfriend
/girlfriend and just 2% from adults
- Of the 25% who received an offensive sexual
image, 55% were
issued via mobile phone
- 29% have been chatting online chat when
someone started talking about offensive or up-setting sexual things (male: 24%
| female: 31%)
- In this instance, 45% said
the chat was instigated by a peer, 10% by an ex-partner and 2% by an adult
Amanda Todd
Watch the video
here and make notes on the following points:
How did Amanda's
story make you feel?
What is your opinion
on the issue?
What laws do you
feel were broken?
What would you do in
Amanda's situation?
