By: Will Reardon, Grant Vermeer,
Erich Sheridan, Alex Cox, Larry
Zhou
Terms and Definitions
Recently both sexting and cyber relationship
were added to the English Oxford Dictionary
Sexting: Flirting by sending saucy phone text
messages.
://www.textingdefinition.com/
Terms and Definitions
Cyber relationship: A relationship that either
was generated or continues solely through
the Internet as a medium for meeting and/or
communication. May also mean the
relationship is illicit, although not in all
circumstances.
://www.textingdefinition.com/
Terms and Definitions
Terminology used to avoid being caught by
parents etc.
Top 10:
1. TDTM -- Talk Dirty To Me
2. IWSN -- I Want Sex Now
3. IF -- In the Front, IB -- In the Back
4. GYPO -- Get Your Pants Off
5. GNOC -- Get Naked On Camera
://www.textingdefinition.com/
Terms and Definitions
6. 8 -- Oral Sex
7. PRON -- Porn
8. NIFOC -- Nude In Front Of Computer
9. Q2C -- Quick To Cum
10. FB -- F*** Buddy
These are 10 examples out of many that
exist online today
://www.textingdefinition.com/
Terms and Definitions
Reasons for expanding terminology:
1. Sexting is becoming more popular in
today’s society (constantly modified)
2. Terminology used among teens
cannot be obvious (to avoid being caught
by teachers, parents etc).
://www.textingdefinition.com/
Sexting Stats
The percentage of teens who have sexted.
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20% overall
22% of teenage girls
18% of teenage guys
11% of young teens (13-16 years old)
http://www.pcsndreams.com/Pages/Sexting_Statistics.html
Sexting Stats
The percent of teenagers who have sent
messages with sexually explicit content:
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2.
3.
39% of all teens
37% of girls
40% of boys
http://www.pcsndreams.com/Pages/Sexting_Statistics.html
Sexting Stats
71 Percent of teen girls and 67% of teen
guys who have sent or posted sexually
suggestive content say they have sent or
posted this content to a boyfriend or
girlfriend.
21 Percent of teenage girls and 39% of
teen boys say they have sent such content
to someone they wanted to date or hook
up with.
http://www.pcsndreams.com/Pages/Sexting_Statistics.html
Sexting Stats
66 Percent of teen girls and 60% of teen
boys say they did so to be “fun or
flirtatious”; their most common reason for
sending sexy content.
http://www.pcsndreams.com/Pages/Sexting_Statistics.html
Stats
52 Percent of teenage girls used sexting
as a “sexy present” for their boyfriend.
34 Percent of teen girls say they sent or
posted sexually suggestive content to “feel
sexy.”
http://www.pcsndreams.com/Pages/Sexting_Statistics.html
So What are the Short terms
affects of Sexting in relationships?
Through the stats we see that most of
sexting happens between a person of
interest or a current boyfriend/girlfriend.
So What are the Short terms
affects of Sexting in relationships?
It can be used to show your affection and
attraction to the significant other.
It can be used as a type of humor, as most
say they say it “jokingly”
And the Long Term Affects?
Negative:
1.
2.
Being convicted for child pornography as
well as being listed as a sex offender
Causing relationships to become “strictly
sexual” and not becoming friends/partners
Long Term
Positive:
1.
2.
Gives people self confidence in relationships
to express their sexual side
Allows intimate feelings to be expressed and
not held within because you are too shy in
person
Personal Accounts
Jesse Logan:
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Sent a nude to her boyfriend
Couple broke up
Pictures were sent to hundreds of teens
http://drmichaelosit.blogspot.com/2009/03/sexting-tragedy.html
Jesse Logan
She was ridiculed, harassed and bullied
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She skipped school
Eventually hung herself (2009)
Effect? Suicide
http://drmichaelosit.blogspot.com/2009/03/sexting-tragedy.html
Tiger Woods
Got caught with racy texts with other
women
Crashed Cadillac- hospitalized
More and more girls admit having affairs
with Tiger
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/The-complete-Tiger-Woods-timeline-fromEscalade?urn=golf-288531
Tiger Woods
To this day, his career has not returned
back to normal
All of this stemmed from a “sext”
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/The-complete-Tiger-Woods-timeline-fromEscalade?urn=golf-288531
Anthony Weiner
Send semi-nudes to 21 year old
Second woman admits getting Weiner’s
pictures
Admits lying about the pictures
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/anthony-weiner-resigns-scandal_n_878161.html
Anthony Weiner
Refuses to resign
More pictures leaked
Pressure for Weiner to resign intensifies
He resigns on June 16th
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/anthony-weiner-resigns-scandal_n_878161.html
Sexting (Adults)
The two accounts show how sexting can
ruin an adult’s life
It isn’t illegal for an adult to send a sext
Just don’t do it!
Psychological Effects
Psychological Effects of Sexting
•There are many results from sexting that effect
people psychologically
–Extreme shame or humiliation
–Isolation (alone)
–Anxiety
–Inability to express emotions
–Hurting one self
–Suicide
http://commcsusb309.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/sextingpsychological-effects/
http://www.onlinesecurityauthority.com/thoughts-on-security/top-10-results-sexting/
Psychological Effects
Sexting runs the risk of other people
seeing the pictures
When an entire school or community sees
these pictures, they often judge the person
http://commcsusb309.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/sextingpsychological-effects/
http://www.onlinesecurityauthority.com/thoughts-on-security/top-10-results-sexting/
Psychological Effects
This causes the person to feel isolated
(they are alone in the world because of
everyone judging them)
Isolation can lead to severe depression
and stress which can result in harming
oneself or suicide
http://www.onlinesecurityauthority.com/thoughts-on-security/top-10-results-sexting/
Psychological Effects
Another consequence is cyber bullying
If the picture is sent to others, they may
post the picture on the internet for
everyone to see
http://www.onlinesecurityauthority.com/thoughts-on-security/top-10-results-sexting/
Psychological Effects
The person may experience cyber bullying
in the form of being told they look ugly or
bad in the picture
This effect goes in addition to the extreme
humiliation, isolation, and/or depression
and amplifies these emotions
http://www.onlinesecurityauthority.com/thoughts-on-security/top-10-results-sexting/
Psychological Effects
These psychological effects result from
nude pictures being passed around to
many people
Most teens view sexting as harmless, but
it has many psychological consequences
along with the possibility of jail time
http://www.onlinesecurityauthority.com/thoughts-on-security/top-10-results-sexting/
Psychological Effects
People feel that they can trust whoever
they are sending the picture to, then break
up and that person is angry so he/ she
sends the pictures to everyone
http://www.onlinesecurityauthority.com/thoughts-on-security/top-10-results-sexting/
Church’s Perspective
(Internet) Pornography is very dangerous
because it promises relationship, but
provides none.
Creates a need for porn and gets users to
keep coming back because of the feeling
of love.
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/child-and-youth-protection/child-abuse-prevention/the-problem-with-pornography.cfm
Church’s Perspective
When this need for porn arises, it disconnects
the user from the rest his/her life.
Generally speaking, the Church believes that
pornography is a huge problem.
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/child-and-youth-protection/child-abuse-prevention/the-problem-with-pornography.cfm
Church’s Perspective
Child Pornography (sexting) is against the
law and considered a sin.
It is believed to be completely wrong by the
Catholic Church
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/child-and-youth-protection/child-abuse-prevention/the-problem-with-pornography.cfm
Church’s Perspective
This opposition to child pornography is not
limited to the solicitation of it by adults, but
between minors as well.
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/child-and-youth-protection/child-abuse-prevention/the-problem-with-po