Chapter One: Sex

Before we can really begin, we need to nail down some terminology. We need to mean exactly what we say. What is sex? Frankly, if you didn’t know, you are too young to have a Wattpad account. Let’s review Wattpad’s CG again. 
A sex scene does not specifically need to be sex itself and includes other…

Chapter Three: Sexualisation

The Wattpad CG talks about sex. It mentions sexual things. There is a third word, however, which was not mentioned at all. It has great potential to damage adolescents and their concept of self, including body image. It has been shown to negatively impact mental health. It…

Chapter Two: Sexual

Sex was relatively easy to describe, being focused on the soma, the body. However, sex sits squarely in the middle of a larger category that is harder to define, something intangible. The word to describe this category is sexual.

Chapter Five: Slut-Shaming

I could have included slut-shaming in the sexualisation or the nudity/partial nudity chapters. However, I think that it deserves its own part in the book.

I understand that the sexual content on Wattpad can be fatiguing. Some people take the phrase “sex…

Chapter Eight: Rated Or Ratings?

As I had previously stated, it has been 27 days since I had reported the profile in the previous chapter, to no avail. This lack of response had in part, stalled my continuation of this book. What hope is there for positive change when the entire Wattpad CG and its…

Chapter Six: Prohibited

I was listening to music in my car when I had a sudden realisation. Wattpad reminds me of the late and fabulous Prince; despite the fact that it is orange, not purple. Let me explain:

Chapter Nine: Safe Sex?

What can we say definitively about Wattpad? It is popular with youths. When I mentioned Common Sense Media before, I had quoted a 2/5 rating by 25 parents. In contrast, the averaged rating for 12+ members is 5/5 from 45 reviews. Terrific! Wattpad is a hit with young readers and writers…

Introduction

Overall, I had been a relative babe in the World of Wattpad, having only joined since November of 2016. In that time, I had read an…

Chapter Seven: The Wheels On The Bus

Four days ago, I reported a member’s profile and her story. I am, not by any stretch of the imagination, a prude, but I found the background of the profile page to be overly inviting: