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Project Paradigm – Shifting the Paradigm: Sexual Extortion of Australian adolescents: Results from a national survey
Project Paradigm – Shifting the Paradigm: Sexual Extortion of Australian adolescents: Results from a national survey
Sexual extortion is a form of blackmail in which a perpetrator threatens to release intimate material of a victim unless they comply with certain demands. We examine the prevalence, patterns, and disclosure of sexual extortion among a sample of 1,953 adolescents residing in Australia. More than one in 10 adolescents had experienced sexual extortion in their lifetime (11.3%), one in three of whom experienced more than one instance. More than half experienced sexual extortion before the age of 16, two in five were extorted using digitally manipulated material and there were important differences in experiences between genders. Less than half told someone about their victimization, mostly due to shame and fear of getting into trouble. Preventing children from being sexually extorted should be a priority for social media and messaging platforms, and should be a collaborative effort across multiple sectors.
Tuesday 23rd September 12pm – 1pm (QLD Time)
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