Sexts are blowin' up teens' mobiles it would seem. One-sixth of students have received nude or semi-nude pictures on their cell phone from someone they know according to a new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The results of a telephone survey show that 15 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 who own a cell phone engage in the illict practice.
The survey was conducted on 800 people and also revealed that four percent of teens admitted sending sexuality explicit photos or videos of themselves. The survey results say that age plays a huge factor on the way teens engage in sexting:
“Older teens were more likely to send sexual images through text messages than younger teens. Four percent of 12-year-olds reported sending sexually suggestive images by text message, while 8 percent of 17-year-olds reported texting nude or partially nude photos.”
(via CNN)
Teens that pay their cell phone bills and have unlimited text messages are more likely to engage in sexting than those whose parents pay for their phones or are restricted on how often they text.
Do teens send sexual text messages because it is much easier than to actually have sex? At least one teen said yes, at a focus group conducted by Pew.
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