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Disadvantaged girls 'feel most pressure' to share nude pictures

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More girls from disadvantaged backgrounds have been asked to send nude images online compared with girls from more affluent backgrounds, a survey has revealed.
Girls aged 13 and younger say they have sent nude images. Picture: Adobe Stock
Girls aged 13 and younger say they have sent nude images. Picture: Adobe Stock

Disadvantaged girls are also more likely to be asked to send nude pictures of themselves online when they are 13 or younger.

More than one in three girls from disadvantaged backgrounds in this age group had been asked for such images, compared with just over a quarter of those from non-deprived backgrounds.

The findings have emerged in a survey of 5,000 teenagers, aged 14 to 18. This found that 60 per cent of all girls had been asked to send a nude or nearly nude image. This rises to 62 per cent among disadvantaged girls and falls to 52 per cent among non-disadvantaged girls.

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