Violence is one of the global and widespread social problems. It appears in all areas of social life and often includes young people. Many research confirms that schools today often face behavioural problems, with peer violence being a significant problem. In addition to traditional forms of violence, more modern, virtual forms of violence have recently emerged among young people.
In my thesis, I will focus on peer violence, and I am mainly interested in the form of violence carried out virtually via the internet.
I will focus on a specific form of gender-based violence. It includes the issue of sexting or virtual sending, receiving and transmitting sexual material among young people. This thesis aims to find out how broad the knowledge of sexting is and how sexting is defined among young people. In doing so, I will touch on the sexualization of the female body in the public sphere, culture, especially advertising, as this is an essential factor in increasing tolerance over violent sexting. I will also pay attention to the models of preventive action of schools in the field of peer violence and sex education. I want to find out if young people in schools are introduced to sexting, safe sexuality and safe use of the internet.
The graduation thesis consists of qualitative and quantitative empirical studies. The methods of data collection are focus group discussion and survey questionnaire.
Based on the data obtained, I found that young people are aware of sexting but are inconsistent in the definition. In the survey questionnaire, the highest percentage reached the answer that sexting is a common practice related to eroticism and sexuality. High school students assume that men most often share sexual material with others or abuse this kind of material. I have found that young people get the most information about the safe use of the internet, sex education and safe sexuality from their peers and the media, which also shows the unwillingness and disunity of schools to provide such information.
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