A recent New York Times piece looked at a study of 500 social media accounts operated by girls ages 12-18. The study revealed disturbing trends — notably, the pressure that teenage boys put on girls to “sext,” or text nude and other explicit images of themselves.
Over two-thirds of the girls reported being asked to sext by their male peers. And when they didn’t do what the boys wanted, the boys lashed out. “The majority described facing intense pressure that often began with promises of affection and discretion in exchange for ‘nudes,’ before accelerating to ‘persistent requests, anger displays, harassment and threats,'” the Times reports.
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