Sexting: Spin-the-Bottle to the Next Level

[micoblanco]

Youths exchanging nude photos of themselves over cellphones, known as "sexting"...

Sexting -- a combination of the words "sex" and "texting" -- made headlines earlier this year after students in a dozen US states were charged with child pornography for sharing nude and semi-nude photos with friends and classmates.

source: http://www.physorg.com/news162579483.html

What can you say about sexting? How do you feel about it and why?

Should an individual be liable for child pornography charges if he/she participates in sexting?

And by the way, kindly cast your vote in the poll. Thanks!

[ForumBoosters]

From everything I've seen on TV, sexting does not mean "sending nude photos".

[Jenie0109]

I am suddenly reminded of Dr. Hayden's scandal... anyway.....
If there is consent from the two parties, then I don't have anything against them,
if they want to do it, then let them be. As long as they are not harming another or
violating others' rights to an extent.

BTW, there are "other" and "none of the above" poll options. I'm kinda confused.

[micoblanco]

Originally Posted by ForumBoosters

From everything I've seen on TV, sexting does not mean "sending nude photos".

Yep, sexting doesn't only mean sending of nude photos... you can also send those semi-nude.
Seriously, if you have other of "sexting" please kindly share it with us. I'll appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Jenie0109

...
BTW, there are "other" and "none of the above" poll options. I'm kinda confused.

Oh sorry if I confused you regarding the choices. The "none of the above" option means you consider sexting not a form of any porn-related/nudity-related stuff. While the "other" option means, you consider sexting as a form of porn-related/nudity-related stuff but not directly "nudity" or "porn".

Thanks for asking your concerns regarding the poll.

[micoblanco]

Personally, I would much rather have my teenager "sexting" than playing "11 minutes in Heaven" like we used to play back in the day. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this game, a boy and a girl go into a closed closet for 11 minutes and "anything" goes!

RT

^ One of the comments on the article and it makes me laugh! Does anyone here familiar with the "11 minutes in Heaven"? I think that's kinda exciting. Love to be in dark places. J/K

[Jenie0109]

Based from the word... it implies exchanging of photos (nude, semi-nude, whatever)
for the purpose of sexual gratification. Am I right?

[ScriptMan]

I voted other. It is a variation of foreplay or petting imo.

Though from a legal perspective I imagine it is child porn.

[ForumBoosters]

I chose "other". It's a form of foreplay, flirting, sexually suggestive comments etc which may include nude/semi nude photos.

[Atom]

I chose nudity.

I feel that sexting is a form of public nudity. I'm sure it's plenty fun, but I feel that it's overshadowed by danger to a point where I deem it an unwise engagement. This is my position, though I've never engaged in it. I think that it would be interesting to hear views of people that have.

[Cricket]

This has had some very serious consequences for young people that have gone far beyond games like spin the bottle. In my humble opinion it would be foolish of any parent to take this lightly and the dangers should be discussed openly with their children. Children's cell phone use should be monitored!

Read About Jessica Logan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29546030/

The image was blurred and the voice distorted, but the words spoken by a young Ohio woman are haunting. She had sent nude pictures of herself to a boyfriend. When they broke up, he sent them to other high school girls. The girls were harassing her, calling her a slut and a whore. She was miserable and depressed, afraid even to go to school.

And now Jesse Logan was going on a Cincinnati television station to tell her story. Her purpose was simple: “I just want to make sure no one else will have to go through this again.”

The interview was in May 2008. Two months later, Jessica Logan hanged herself in her bedroom. She was 18.

[micoblanco]

Originally Posted by msnbc.msn.com

“It’s very, very difficult. She’s my only child,” Logan told Lauer. “I’m trying my best to get the message out there.”

Originally Posted by msnbc.msn.com

“She was vivacious. She was fun. She was artistic. She was compassionate. She was a good kid,” the young woman’s mother, Cynthia Logan, told TODAY’s Matt Lauer Friday in New York.

^ That was a shocking and very sad story Cricket. We must do something about this 'sexting' and I agree with you, children's cell phone use should be monitored. Youth are becoming more and more impetuous nowadays especially with the help of technology.

Technology definitely changes things and the way we live our lives. Though most of the time, technology makes life easier but in some cases, it can affect us negatively. Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming 'technology' for this kind of matter/issue. In fact, we all have our own unique ways on how we can use technology. It's all up to us whether if we're going to use technology in a positive way or in a negative way. Of course, we should also consider the fact that there are always consequences in everything we do. We should be cautious about it as much as possible.

Originally Posted by msnbc.msn.com

It is a growing problem that has resulted in child pornography charges being filed against some teens across the nation. But for Cynthia Logan, “sexting” is about more than possibly criminal activity: It’s about life and death.

^That's very true especially in the case of Ms. Jessica Logan.

[ranter]

Originally Posted by Cricket

This has had some very serious consequences for young people that have gone far beyond games like spin the bottle.

Every generation had their kinks
This generation sadly found one that will be hunting them to the rest of their lives.

[krahmaan]

What is that like phone sex? Just with texting the words or sumpthin'? This is the first time I ever heard of it (sexting). Kids these days are coming up with anything. When I was a teenager, I preferred the real thing. My past was pretty wild, glad I was lucky and never caught anything.

Ever been with two older women? It's the hight of sexuality and you learn everything about yourself all night, till the next day, onto the noontime. Those were the good old days.

Now-a-day, I guess I want more. Something more lasting and real, a true companion till death -and maybe beyond? Hopefully, I didn't use up all my luck though. But boy did I get around.

[micoblanco]

If you're the parent of a teen-aged boy in Florida, you probably muttered "not again" while reading your morning newspaper this week. There on the front page was yet another case of an adult female teacher being arrested for admitting to having had sex with an underage male student. This time the alleged perp was Maria Guzman Hernandez, a 32-year-old instructor at the private Our Lady of Charity school in Hialeah; her victim was 15. But she just as well could have been the 34-year-old Jacksonville public-school science teacher arrested last month for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old student, once in her SUV; or the 32-year-old St. Petersburg teacher collared in March for allegedly "sexting" nude pictures of herself to an 8th-grade boy; or the 45-year-old teacher at a private Christian academy in South Daytona arrested days before for allegedly having sex with a boy from her class in various Daytona Beach hotels.

source: http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...901762,00.html

Ow my! Oh my! I never thought a teacher would actually participate in this kind of act.

[raphnix]

Nudity for me too. The reason is, I learned things about sex beyond being conservative.
More like in general human behavior theory.

[morkat]

I get here because of ... it's not porn!