Patricia A. Snell, MA and Amanda S. Wolfe, MPH Education Consultants Norfolk Advocates for Children Norfolk District Attorneys Office NORFOLK ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN
REPEATED INCIDENTS BULLYING AND POWER MAKES SOMEONE SAD OR AFRAID
RELATIONAL AGGRESSION RUMORS
CYBER-BULLYING text, , blogs, Facebook
EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC THE INTERNET CANT CONTROL WHO SAVES OR FORWARDS YOUR PHOTOS, VIDEO, TEXTS, S OR POSTS OR FORWARDS YOUR PHOTOS, VIDEO, TEXTS, S OR POSTS APPS. | EASY ACCESS
PRIVACY SETTINGS THINK BEFORE YOU POST PHOTOS/VIDEOS/INFO.
Sending or forwarding inappropriate photos or videos WHATS THE BIG DEAL? SEXTING…
CONSEQUENCES ISSUES WITH SEXTING No control over where the photo(s) or videos go Could lead to online harassment, cyberbullying, or teen dating violence Social humiliation and damage to your reputation School consequences suspension / expulsion LEGAL CONSEQUENCES
YES! ARE STUDENTS GETTING INTO TROUBLE?
CURRENT CONVICTIONS LEGAL CONSEQUENCES Production, promotion, possession, and dissemination of child pornography Disorderly conduct Illegal use of a minor in nudity-orientated material Open and gross lewdness Sexual abuse of children
REAL LIFE EXAMPLES LEGAL CONSEQUENCES Who is charged? A.H. v. State, Florida Child pornography conviction Philip Alpert, Florida Felony charges sending child pornography State v. Canal, Iowa Obscenity conviction
DEALING WITH SEXTING DONT RESPOND REPORT ABUSE TALK TO SOMEONE
REMEMBER… RESPECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS WILL RESPECT YOU!
WILL RESPECT YOU RESPECT YOURSELF & OTHERS
VIOLENCE SEXTING & TEEN DATING Sexting falls into the new category of digital abuse and can be used to control someone in a relationship 1/5 high school girls and 1/13 high school boys experience teen dating violence before graduating from high school
VIOLENCE SEXTING & TEEN DATING One person may force or threaten a person with consequences if they do not send explicit photos If a relationship ends, one person may spread the existing photos to other people to get back at the person who ended the relationship, or to blackmail the person who is trying to end the relationship
POSTS REAL LIFE
A PHOTO OR VIDEO THINK BEFORE YOU FORWARD When you receive a text, you do not know the context of what was going on when that picture was taken: -could the person have been pressured or forced to send the pic? -could the person have been pressured or forced to send the pic? -could the person have been intoxicated when they took this picture? -could the person have been intoxicated when they took this picture? -could the person in the pic not even have known that a photo was being taken? -could the person in the pic not even have known that a photo was being taken?
TEXTS OR REQUESTS FOR PHOTOS RESPONDING TO INAPPROPRIATE
SOMETHING FUNNY… TRY A NON-SEXT RESPONSE
SOMETHING FUNNY… TRY A NON-SEXT RESPONSE
TRY A SERIOUS RESPONSE Stress your discomfort: Im way too uncomfortable doing that. Emphasize feelings: If you really cared for me, you wouldnt ask me to do that. Change the subject: Um lets do something else, ok? Call them out: Nope, not gonna do anything illegal just to excite you.
PLACES TO GET HELP DOVE, local domestic violence agency
Patricia A. Snell, MA and Amanda S. Wolfe, MPH Education Consultants Norfolk Advocates for Children Norfolk District Attorneys Office NORFOLK ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN QUESTIONS?