"McGill University education professor Shaheen Shariff studied the "digitally empowered'' generation of kids in a 2013 project that used surveys and focus groups involving 1,088 tweens and teens in two Canadian and two U.S. cities.
Shariff estimates that over half of participants confirmed receiving or sending intimate images, adding that the figures on the prevalence of sexting will vary among studies.
She also said only about half of participants agreed that a girl who sends a boy a sexually explicit photo has the "right to object'' to his sharing the photo with others without permission.
"I don't believe that the child porn law ... and Bill C-13 laws that the Harper government brought in are as effective with the kids,'' she said in an interview."
- Date Published:08/14/2016
- Original Publication:The Huffington Post