School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, 655 Auditorium Road, Baker Hall Rm 138, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2021 Feb;50(2):563-573. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01727-6. Epub 2020 May 22.
Sexting, the phenomenon commonly defined as the sending, receiving, and forwarding of nude, semi-nude, or sexually explicit images within digital forms of communication, is a practice that has received heightened public attention. While many scholars consider consensual sexting to be innocuous and a normative part of development, the potential for youth engagement to result in instances of cyberbullying, revenge porn, and child pornography has ignited public fear and anxiety, resulting in a messy patchwork of legal responses that often yield disproportionately punitive responses. Upon exploring the legal parameters surrounding youth sexting in Canada, this paper will argue that while the logic of the current legislation in protecting youth from harm is appropriate, its method of implementation is misguided. The legal reform advocated here calls upon child pornography and online harm laws only when the case involves an adult perpetrator, and suggests a more nuanced, graduated juvenile scheme when the behavior involves youth sexting participants.
发送、接收和转发数字通信形式中的裸体、半裸体或性暗示图像的行为通常被定义为“发送色情短信”，这种行为已经引起了公众的高度关注。虽然许多学者认为双方自愿的发送色情短信是无害的，并且是发展过程中的一个正常部分，但青少年参与可能会导致网络欺凌、报复色情和儿童色情的情况，这引发了公众的恐惧和焦虑，导致了混乱的法律反应，这些反应往往产生不成比例的惩罚性反应。在探讨加拿大青少年发送色情短信的法律范围后，本文认为，虽然当前立法保护青少年免受伤害的逻辑是恰当的，但它的实施方法是有误导性的。这里提倡的法律改革仅在涉及成年犯罪者的情况下援引儿童色情和网络伤害法，并建议在行为涉及青少年发送色情短信参与者时，采用更细致、分级的青少年方案。
