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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2010 Apr 3;47(4):418–420. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.02.015

Table 2.

Examples of sexual references and explicit sexual references displayed on public MySpace profiles

Sexual references: References suggesting sexual activity or sexually suggestive behaviora
 Downloaded icon of Playboy bunny displayed as dominant theme of profile
 Text describing best physical feature as “Dick”
 Downloaded icon showing button: “Anti-abstinence”
Explicit sexual references: Those in which the profile owner referenced personal sexual behaviors or displayed personal revealing images
 Photograph with female profile owner on bed wearing only a man's shirt unbuttoned
 Text displayed on profile “I give great blow jobs”
 Text displayed on profile “You know I can make her wet”
a

Sexual references defined using criteria developed by the Kaiser Family Foundation.