Sexting: exposição da intimidade e gênero

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the perception of adolescents about sexting phenomenon, focusing on the motivations for the exhibition of intimacy and its consequences. Sexting is a word based on the union of the words sex and texting (sending text messages), which is the practice of sending, receiving or share messages, images or videos with sexual, erotic or sensual content through social networks. The discussion of this topic becomes very important due the visibility it provides to their practitioners, mostly teenagers, and their legal, social, psychological and emotional consequences. The study uses the clipping of two cases published in the mainstream media sites and data collected in researches of the Safernet, a organization that provides help against crimes and human rights violations on the Internet. It can be seen that most cases of sexting are revenge, known as "revanche porn" and affect mainly adolescent women. Several elements enabled the proliferation of sexting, including the establishment of a society based on consumption and spectacularization. In general, the exposure of intimacy is linked to a combination of social, cultural, economic and political factors and transformations taking place in our society.