This article focuses on discourses of child safety and protection of stakeholder organisations (SOs) and school pastoral care co-ordinators (PCCs) on educating young people about sexting. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with the representatives of four organisations who assist schools in the delivery of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE); and with three PCCs in three different types of secondary schools in Northern Ireland to ascertain how their school educates and responds to sexting. Focus groups were also conducted with 17 (10 girls and 7 boys) 16–17-year-olds to explore their views on sexting. The results of this study reveal that the predominant discourse in RSE is child safety and protection, and abstention from sexting. The three main groups (young people, SOs and PCCs) vary, however, in how they view sexting behaviour: the stakeholders are largely cautious and counsel against sending sexual pictures, while the young people regard it as normal behaviour. RSE provided by the schools is inadequate and unrealistic, and does not represent what actually goes on in young people’s sexual lives. Young people want to be consulted on the content of RSE lessons and resources; and RSE content should desist from telling them not to sext and enable them to explore appropriate relationship behaviours, including sexting. Teachers should feel confident in teaching such material and should have access to appropriate training.

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色情和儿童保护的制度性话语：年轻人和关系和性教育提供者的观点

本文重点讨论儿童安全和利益相关者组织 (SOs) 和学校教牧关怀协调员 (PCCs) 在教育年轻人有关色情短信方面的讨论。与协助学校提供关系和性教育 (RSE) 的四个组织的代表进行了个人半结构化访谈；并与北爱尔兰三种不同类型的中学的三个 PCC 一起确定他们的学校如何教育和应对色情短信。还与 17 名（10 名女孩和 7 名男孩）16-17 岁的青少年进行了焦点小组讨论，以探讨他们对色情短信的看法。这项研究的结果表明，RSE 中的主要话语是儿童安全和保护，以及避免色情短信。然而，三个主要群体（年轻人、SO 和 PCC）各不相同，在他们如何看待色情行为方面：利益相关者大多持谨慎态度，建议不要发送色情图片，而年轻人则认为这是正常行为。学校提供的 RSE 不足和不切实际，并不代表年轻人性生活的实际情况。年轻人希望就 RSE 课程和资源的内容进行咨询；RSE 内容应停止告诉他们不要发送色情短信，并让他们探索适当的关系行为，包括发送色情短信。教师应该对教授此类材料充满信心，并应获得适当的培训。并不代表年轻人性生活中的实际情况。年轻人希望就 RSE 课程和资源的内容进行咨询；RSE 内容应停止告诉他们不要发送色情短信，并让他们探索适当的关系行为，包括发送色情短信。教师应该对教授此类材料充满信心，并应获得适当的培训。并不代表年轻人性生活中的实际情况。年轻人希望就 RSE 课程和资源的内容进行咨询；RSE 内容应停止告诉他们不要发送色情短信，并让他们探索适当的关系行为，包括发送色情短信。教师应该对教授此类材料充满信心，并应获得适当的培训。