Table 2.

Sample Web Site Entries of 16- and 17-Year-Old MySpace Profile Owners That Suggest Sexual Activity, by Category

Category	Examples From Web Profiles
References sex in response to quiz or survey	Downloads quiz onto Web site – “what kind of sex should you have” – and fills out answers	Downloads quiz onto Web site containing the question: “Who was the last person to sleep in your bed?” Writes in answer name of previous partner
Lists sex as hobby or interest	Lists hobbies – “doing girls”	Lists hobbies: “My interests are boys, sex, and alcohol.”
Discusses sex in the context of past or present relationship	Writes about first sexual experience with previous boyfriend	Describes “best time” as sexual experience with boyfriend
Links personal identity with sex	Refers to self on profile as having had an STD	Describes self as a “whore”

STD = sexually transmitted disease