Maddy Capoccia shares a Facebook account with her family, including her mother Lisa, and they've talked about the dangers of social media. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe Source: The Advertiser
- ARE YOU A PARENT: Do you have concerns?
FACEBOOK pages devoted to provocative images of teenage girls are fuelling the sexualisation of young people, a leading child safety expert warns.
A number of South Australian-based pages have emerged featuring pictures of girls in suggestive poses or in provocative clothes, and include comments "rating" the teenagers pictured.
UniSA emeritus professor Freda Briggs was concerned that many of the young people on the pages were unaware of the possible consequences of putting their images online.
She said the pages were an example of the growing "sexualisation" of young people, especially girls.
"Girls in particular put themselves at risk in social media," she said.
"It's a peer group expectation and girls are being encouraged to be sexy.
"It's sexualisation from an early age."
Prof Biggs said the pages also demonstrated the need for parents to discuss appropriate online behaviour with their children.
"Parents are often unaware of the risks," she said.
"But they need to keep an eye on what young people are putting on Facebook and discuss it with them."
The Advertiser has chosen not to publish the names of the pages.
Professor Briggs said teenagers were often more internet savvy than their parents, making it hard for them to keep tabs on what their children were doing online.
She said this was disturbing, as a number of international studies suggested a large proportion of teenagers have posted personal information about themselves in publicly accessible websites or have been the subject of approaches from people online.
A South Australia Police spokesman said there were hundreds of similar pages on Facebook and there was little police could do.
Maddy Capoccia, 16, of Felixstow, was aware of the Facebook pages but said they were just attention-seeking.
"You you might get a boost to your confidence, but there are other ways to get noticed," she said.
Her parents, Lisa and George Capoccia, monitor the Facebook use of Maddy and her sister Sophie, 11.
"George set up an account so we can see what the teenagers are doing. We let Sophie use it for an hour a night," Mrs Capoccia said.
"We also talk to the girls about the dangers involved with social media, explaining how some people pretend to be your age.
"I worry about them using social media because young kids are easy prey, but in saying that, we trust them."
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