“Something You Just Don’t Talk About”: An Analysis of Teenage Boys’ Experiences of Non-Consensual Sexting in Lower Secondary School
The current study explores Swedish teenage boys’ exposure to non-consensual sexting, drawing on interviews with ninth-grade students, age 14 to 15 years, in a lower secondary school in northern Sweden. The results reveal that boys are exposed to unsolicited “dick pics,” unsolicited “female nudes” an...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/10608265211042794 2024-06-23T07:55:36+00:00 “Something You Just Don’t Talk About”: An Analysis of Teenage Boys’ Experiences of Non-Consensual Sexting in Lower Secondary School Hunehäll Berndtsson, Kristina Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10608265211042794 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10608265211042794 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/10608265211042794 en eng SAGE Publications https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Journal of Men’s Studies volume 30, issue 2, page 155-173 ISSN 1060-8265 1933-0251 journal-article 2021 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/10608265211042794 2024-06-11T04:31:50Z The current study explores Swedish teenage boys’ exposure to non-consensual sexting, drawing on interviews with ninth-grade students, age 14 to 15 years, in a lower secondary school in northern Sweden. The results reveal that boys are exposed to unsolicited “dick pics,” unsolicited “female nudes” and non-consensual “explicit video” sharing via the social media platform Snapchat. However, traditional notions of heteronormativity and heterosexual masculinity prevented boys from talking about, understanding and handling experiences that may be identified as digital sexual harassment. Additionally, because of traditional gendered perceptions, students had difficulty categorizing victims and perpetrators of sexting. The study shows that there is a link between male vulnerability and male loneliness that can be manifested in both an individual and collective sense. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden SAGE Publications The Journal of Men’s Studies 106082652110427 |
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The current study explores Swedish teenage boys’ exposure to non-consensual sexting, drawing on interviews with ninth-grade students, age 14 to 15 years, in a lower secondary school in northern Sweden. The results reveal that boys are exposed to unsolicited “dick pics,” unsolicited “female nudes” and non-consensual “explicit video” sharing via the social media platform Snapchat. However, traditional notions of heteronormativity and heterosexual masculinity prevented boys from talking about, understanding and handling experiences that may be identified as digital sexual harassment. Additionally, because of traditional gendered perceptions, students had difficulty categorizing victims and perpetrators of sexting. The study shows that there is a link between male vulnerability and male loneliness that can be manifested in both an individual and collective sense. |
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“Something You Just Don’t Talk About”: An Analysis of Teenage Boys’ Experiences of Non-Consensual Sexting in Lower Secondary School |
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“Something You Just Don’t Talk About”: An Analysis of Teenage Boys’ Experiences of Non-Consensual Sexting in Lower Secondary School |
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“Something You Just Don’t Talk About”: An Analysis of Teenage Boys’ Experiences of Non-Consensual Sexting in Lower Secondary School |
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“something you just don’t talk about”: an analysis of teenage boys’ experiences of non-consensual sexting in lower secondary school |
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