20 Percent of Teens Partake in 'Sexting': Should They Face Charges?
SodaHead Living
2012/06/15 18:00:00
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Whatever the latest technology is, teenagers will use it to get up to no good. But that doesn't make it any less alarming that nearly 20 percent of high school students partake in sexting, according to a new study.
Donald Strassberg, of the University of Utah, found that nearly 20 percent of high school students (18 percent of males, 17 percent of females) admitted to having sent a sexually explicit image on their cellphone. Almost twice as many said they had received a sexual image on their phone (50 percent of males, 31 percent of females), LiveScience reports.
And here's the really scary part: About 25 percent confessed that when they received a sexually explicit image, they forwarded it to others. Plus, more than 8 percent said they had sent a sexually explicit photo that they took of someone else to a third party.
And here's the really scary part: About 25 percent confessed that when they received a sexually explicit image, they forwarded it to others. Plus, more than 8 percent said they had sent a sexually explicit photo that they took of someone else to a third party.
But here's the thing, kids: You can get into big trouble for doing this. In many states, sending or receiving nude pictures of someone under 18 (including yourself) could put you at risk of facing child pornography charges. Do you think teens who sext should face charges?
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+21It's their life if someone else sees it and it not their boyfriend or girlfriend or whoever who cares not my life.
better look at your state laws.
Now for the teens younger than 16, they still shouldn't be charged. Leave the government out of it and let the parents deal with it.
I was trying to be funny about teens texting and sexting and driveing... apparently you don't get my sense of humor.
the whole problem with stories like this IS parents are NOT doing their job!!!
Also, teens shouldn't be involved in sex.