20 Percent of Teens Partake in 'Sexting': Should They Face Charges?
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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.
But really, otherwise, this is a personal issue and should be dealt with personally. Also, if you don't know better than to take nude pictures of yourself and send them to people then it's your own fault. The aftermath is punishment enough, I think.
marrage are commiting status type offences and should be sanctioned and be forced
to remain chaste until they are 25 and better educated in the acceptance of the
responsibility as well as the privilege of engaging in sex and sexual related conduct.
Too many kids are in such a big hurry to grow up these days, and the result has been
a proliferation of unauthorized teen pregnancies and STD's. That is why it would be for
the greater good for society if some of these teens were forced to wait for their emanzipations until they are at least 25 years old and not only graduated from high school,
but also have earned at least a bachelors degree from college or the university, or at the
absolute least, be certified in a marketable and viable skill that has good potential for the
subject individual to adequately support themselves and a family , if necessary, and also
make merritous contributions to their community and society as well, for the privelege of
engaging in grown-up indulgences including but not limited to sex and sex type activities.
I am sorry, but are you actually suggesting ppl remain virgins until AT LEAST 25?
C'mon, get real.
I agree with your motives, so to call them, but you cannot ban someone from having sex until they're 25.
And you cannot impose your religious views on others. Most people do not want to get married and start a family straight away and do not want to be with that first and only person.