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“Send nudes.”
It’s a request that pops up on the phone screens of teen girls more often than you might think.
Experts say it’s important that kids know it’s OK to say no, although many girls will tell you it isn’t always easy to follow that advice.
“I get called a stick in the mud that I don’t do it,” said 15-year-old Faith Orach of St. John’s, N.L.
“Or they’re saying that, ‘Oh, you’re so uptight,'” she said, “and they try to push you into doing it.”
A lot of girls are guilted into sharing naked or partially naked photos that way, Orach said.
The solution, according to Faye Mishna, dean of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto, is for the topic of sharing intimate images to be discussed openly.
She said kids — both boys and girls — need to be educated on how to deal with the pressure around so called “nude selfies.”
What’s the harm?
Depending on who the images are sent to and how widely they’re shared, kids who share nude selfies might have to deal with:
- Shame and humiliation.
- Damage to their reputation.
- Depression and anxiety.
What’s the best way to respond?
If you don’t know the person who’s asking, it can be easy enough to block and report them, Mishna said.
If you do know the person, she said, you should explain that you don’t feel comfortable sending a nude selfie, and then take a deep breath and don’t send one.
It comes down to finding the strength to resist peer pressure, Mishna said.
It can help to talk to an adult you trust to get confirmation that it’s OK to say no, she said.
Article published on March 11, 2019, date written 3/11 or 3/11
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