Some studies have identified that over 20% of highschool students have sent nude or semi nude txt photos/films of themselves.
Here is a pretty good youtube video re possibile negative outcomes of sexting:
"It’s OK to be flirty and feel sexy, but sexting isn’t harmless fun. You have no control over what happens to those pics—or your reputation—when sexting.
This came from the sexetc blog
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I’ve been very lax in following this blog of late, and I only saw this clip today. I must say it has thrown me. I absolutely recognise the need for more campaigns encouraging youth to engage ethically with technology, but I do not believe that media such as this ‘public service announcement’ encourages ethical attitudes and behaviours. What it does encourage is more of the same old, same old – victims, such as the young woman in this ad, being held responsible for the behaviour of perpetrators, being expected to police themselves constantly in order to avoid attracting unwanted behaviours. Of course there is a need to support young people in the making of informed choices. Educating them as to the possible practical outcomes of posting sexual content online is one thing. But shaming and scaring them is another. Ads such as the one above promote abstinence, not strength. I worry that we are still applying the same tired old kneejerk campaigns to issues such as this. Since the anti domestic violence campaigns of the 80’s, repeated rounds of legislative reforms and community education programs have failed to deliver on their promises. This is because we consistently focus on controlling women’s sexual behaviours instead of on primary prevention. We need to attack the personal, political and institutional systems which reify rigid, gendered sexual stereotypes and punish those individuals whose behaviours fall outside of these parameters.
ReplyDeleteNo number of naked pictures on the internet qualifies an individual as a legitimate target for sexual harassment. Period. Better we focus on campaigns that promote supporting, respecting and protecting the rights of individuals to self expression and sexual freedom.
Rei,
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely spot on. I wonder who this advertisement ( public service announcement) is made for? Is it possibly made for a population that is used to blaming victims instead of perpetrators?
Could this be the case so that the rest of us dont hold ourselves accountable for our complicitness in supporting oppression - and in particular violence against women and children? ( we could also inlude homophobia,racism etcetc)
This advertisement while pointing out that people should be aware of the implications of thier actions - does so only by stereotyping men as dangerous and unable to control the sexual beast within - and stereotyping young women as weak, stupid and unaware creatures that try to subvert men with thier sexuality.
Now that you Rei have pointed this out there is even more I can see to critique around this type of media response.
Anyone else care to have a go??
Lud