The Informer

14 Dec 2017

When it comes to sex and sexuality, how can social media can help & hinder

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So how do you handle bullying on social media when you use it as a way to express yourself. When adult film actress August Ames was reported in LGBTIQ media in the past weeks, it was because she tweeted she did not want to have sex with someone who had shot gay porn.

After these comments she was relentlessly bullied on twitter for her views, and after someone tweeted she should commit suicide, that is what she did. Now there are more circumstances than just sending a tweet that lead to that moment, but it is an important reminder about how negatively using social media can have greater affects on everyone.

Using this as an example, The Informers Dan and Cait spoke with Andy Ruddack from the Monash University faculty of arts about how when it comes to sex and sexuality, social media can help just as much as it can hinder.

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