ANYONE who has ever done any internet dating knows there comes a time during an online conversation when it can all go wrong. By that, I mean, take a turn for the overtly sexual.

Most men, who are only in it for a physical encounter, manage to restrain themselves for a couple of emails and texts before revealing their hand – or worse.

Which is fine if you happen to be a consenting adult. If it’s not your thing then it’s easy to report these pervs, block them and get them ejected from the site.

Likewise, if you’ve unwittingly given them your number, you can bar them. It’s just one of the hazards of trying to find your soulmate in the modern world.

But reading Monday’s headline about teenagers sharing explicit pictures of themselves caused me to ponder how little feminism has achieved.

At a time when the future of the Page Three girl is under discussion and Rupert Murdoch himself has finally conceded that they’re ‘boring’, it appears that his stance has nothing to do with his papers’ new found respect for women.

It has everything to do with the fact that the tired, old Page Three babe looks downright prudish compared to the sexually explicit photos flying around the average school playground.

It is a criminal offence to distribute images of a minor, which I suspect most kids don’t realise. Hopefully, publicity around the issue will put them straight on that one.

Sadly, girls who lack self-esteem have always felt the need to get their kit off to win a boy’s approval.

But the disturbing fact is that these girls are getting younger and when they have to ask questions like “do women enjoy being gang-raped?” then society has to take action.

The three political parties are all coming up with solutions to tackle internet porn with only the Conservatives saying parents are best placed to teach their kids the facts of life. But that is more than naive of Mr Cameron.

For this has absolutely nothing to do with the facts of life and where babies come from. These are the facts of fantasy porn and children need to be taught the difference between a healthy loving sexual relationship and one that abuses and degrades women.

It seems kids already know the basics of sex before their parents get round to telling them. What they ought to be teaching them – and fast – is respect for themselves and their peers.