Report on Teens, Tech and Sex
12.10.2008 | Blog, Sex in the Media
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy teamed up with CosmoGirl.com to do a survey of teens and young adults examining their attitudes and behaviors related to sex and cyberspace. The results are shocking – or not – depending on how familiar you are with the lives of modern teens.
Perhaps the most unsurprising thing I noticed is that teens and young adults are confused about sex and sexuality.
- 75% of teens and 71% of young adults say sending sexually suggestive content “can have serious negative consequences.”
- Yet, 39% of teens and 59% of young adults have sent or posted sexually suggestive emails or text messages—and 20% of teens and 33% of young adults have sent/posted nude or semi-nude images of themselves.
Read more about the study or get tips for parents and kids on how to safely navigate cyberspace.
12.11.2008
[...] Contact This is the permanent link for a digression that was posted on December 11th, 2008 and tagged adolescence, parenting, research, sex, sexuality, sms, survey, teens, text messaging, texting. If you would like to see all posts filed in the Digressions category, click here. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has released Sex and Tech, a survey which seeks to answer the question “What is going on with teens, tech, and sex?” This is a must-read for those who are raising teens and/or work with them. “Q: How many teens are sending or posting sexually suggestive messages (text, email, IM)? A: 39% of all teens / 37% of teen girls / 40% of teen boys / 48% of teens say they have received such messages.” They have also provided helpful flyers for both parents and teens (both link to .pdf files). HT: Living Sexuality [...]