We all have things we don’t want to share with other people. Not because they are illegal or because we need to keep them hidden, but simply because it’s our own private business. This is why you are the one who decides what other people find out about you from the outset and what information you choose to keep to yourself.
Your choices
You alone decide what you want to share, and who with. Very few people will want to ask out loud for a Chlamydia test when
they’re standing at reception in the doctor’s surgery – especially not with a full waiting room acting as an attentive audience.
Few people will circulate images of themselves naked via MMS and risk that five seconds later the very same images will have
reached their boyfriend or girlfriend, teachers and parents. No one likes it when other people snoop around their private
things, whether it be in their bedside cabinet or on their computer.
| Your boundaries The need to have your own personal space – which others respect and don’t barge into – varies from person to person. Different groups of friends also have different understandings of what is private. What’s more, attitudes about what is private have changed. Things that your parents may only ever have done behind closed doors are perhaps things that you wouldn’t think twice about showing everyone. |
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You have the right to shut the door and decide for yourself who you invite in.
