Tuesday, December 6, 2011

2.5% Of US Youths Involved In Sexting, 1% In Sexually Explicit Image Distribution

It seems that 2.5% of American children between the ages of 10 to 17 years participating in sexting, and 1% to send sexually explicit images that are likely to be deemed illegal under the laws of child pornography, researchers from the University of New Hampshire reported in the journal Pediatrics. Sexting and images are sent via their mobile phones or the Internet.
Sexting prevalence also depends on the definition of sexting. If one includes images of sexually suggestive, and not only those explicitly sexual, the proportion of children in this age group who are engaged in up to 9.6%.