The Christian Institute

Primary-aged children should be taught about the dangers of sending sexually explicit picture and text messages via mobile phones, according to Government plans.

So-called ‘sexting’ is seen as part of the growing sexualisation of young girls under pressure from boys who have watched too much pornography.

It has also led to bullying of girls whose images and messages have been publicly displayed on the internet. One girl committed suicide over such an incident.

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