One in 5 Teens Has Sent or Posted Racy Photos

A New Hampshire teen suspended from school last week for sending a racy photo via cell phone wasn’t the first, the Boston Globe reports—and won’t be the last: One in five teens has uploaded a compromising image, and nearly one in three has received a half-naked or nude shot, a new online survey shows.

“This sort of online behavior contributes to a casual hookup culture,” a sex-education expert says. “When you get numbers like 20% and higher for young adults, that passes the threshold of concern.” What’s more: Nearly one in three of the 1,280 teens surveyed reported seeing photos intended for someone else. “I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I don’t want to see it,’” says a 16-year-old who later “brushed it off.” (More cell phones stories.)