Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Slut-Shaming, Sexting
3 Apr 2016
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Teen sexting presents specific age and gender related contradictions. Teen girls are called upon to produce sexy images yet face legal repercussions, moral condemnation, and slut shaming when they do. Post feminism : it supposed that feminist goals of social and political equality have been met, making the need for feminism obsolete. Sexting images puts girls at moral risk of exploitation. In the uk, 15% of teenagers" report sending or receiving sexual messages. Mobile technology could be changing teens" sexual cultures. Young people are deeply attached to digital communication and technology and find digital flirtation and sexual communication pleasurable. Visual images can promote hierarchical comparison, ranking, competition and stereotyping. Visual representations are judged according to the symbolic values generated by the exchange process. Worth of subjects are classed, gendered and classed.
