I wrote before about this anti-sexting paranoia which is obviously a sign of how sexually repressed the anti-sexting adults are. The only people in possession of a cell phone with a camera who haven't sent a sexually explicit picture of themselves are those who have absolutely no one to send it to. So where is the problem? The article in question tried hard to present sexting as some major social issue in need of discussion and regulation:
What do you do about the 14-year-old kid who gets caught snapping lewd images of herself with her cell phone and sending them to her boyfriend, ultimately risking a worldwide audience?,asks the journalist in a ponderous tone. Well, why should any one do anything? Why shouldn't the 14 year-old be left in peace to take pictures and send them or not, whatever she decides? And, incidentally, why is it implied that teenage boys do not engage in sexting just as much? Since when is this either an exclusively teenage or an exclusively female thing?
It's insane that some people should be so sex-starved that they would seriously consider criminalizing this harmless and fun activity.
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I agree it should not be illegal, but it is NOT a harmless activity. Two reasons: (1) It is extremely easy to pass around these pictures, and even post them publicly, and (2) 14 year olds are immature -- it is very likely that a teenager who receives a sext will share it with an audience that it was not intended for, which is extremely embarrassing to the person in the pictures. It is like leaving your house unlocked, or walking in a bad neighborhood -- perfectly legal, moral things to do, but definitely not harmless, and should definitely be advised against.
Sexting is fucking stupid because if you send nude pics to someone they WILL get out.
What is the person receiving them supposed to do with them? Jerk off to them in class? Why not just get naked in person?
Since you're not from America you might not know that minors taking nude photos of themselves is CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. No matter what you say, that is NOT COOL. If you say a 14 is ok to take nude pics then you're saying it is ok for a 40 year old man to take nude pics of a 5 year old.
You implied in your post that you have sent nude pictures yourself(if you have not then you're one big hypocrite)and if they ever got out around your school you would be out of a job. Respect from your students would be lost. That is just how it work so no it is not harmless.
Getting nude pictures from someones phone is so easy all I have to do is figure out your last name which I could do easily since you are a professor at a college.
And out come the prudes!
-Mike
Also, the idea that one minor sending a sexy photo to another one is OMG CHILD PORNOGRAPHY is about the stupidest idea I've ever heard (even if -- and especially if -- it's the law). Criminalizing our young people's natural urges is just asinine, counterproductive and anyone who does so should be put in jail for a long, long time themselves.
America: Land of the afraid-of-sex nuthatches.
-Mike
And the puritanical fury is unleashed.
Thank you, Mike, for offering a voice of reason among the sex-deprived individuals who think the naked body is inherently scary.
so people who have sex are losers and less human? i wish you could go ONE post without telling everyone how much better you are then them. typical college-know-it-alls are all the same.
Could you please either take the trouble of reading the post or not responding to something you haven't read? Where on earth does it say that people who have sex are less human?
I understand that trolling is the only way you have to brighten up your existence but these angry, pointless comments are getting old.
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