Thursday, November 5, 2009

Introduction to sexting views

Technology has given us great sides such as texting, however there is a dark side of texting. Teens are abusing the use of texting today. Texting is opens a window of sending nude pictures of teenagers to their partner. This pornographic way of texting is called sexting. Today, out of a survey of 1200 one out of five teenagers had use texting to send a picture of themselves. “In one case a 17-year-old girl used her cell phone to send nude photos of herself to her boyfriend. After the two broke up, however, the photos began circulating among the other students at their high school.” (Castalia police look into complaint of nude photos sent by cell phone.). So the question is should sexting be charged as child pornography?

4 comments:

  1. Sexting is a result of advances in technology enabling new forms of social interaction; whether good or bad. It is the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between cell phones. Even though the child should take responsibility for their own action, sexting should not be charged as child pornography because it is the child’s choice and it was not forced. Sexting does not have any harm, dangers, or threats to anyone else but the child that chooses to sext. In the case where the teenager sent nude photos to her boyfriend, and seen them circulating around the school, she had no body to blame but herself. She choose to sext, and in the end she was the only one hurt. In such cases, it should be a lesson learned. Sexting is not only the child’s choice, it is not forced. A Texas eighth grader spent the night in a juvenile detention center after his football coach found a nude picture on his cell phone that a student sent to him by another student.

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  2. Child pornography is a serious offence and is punishable by law. According to John Humbach, a professor of law at Pace University School of Law, “under federal law, moreover, any person who “produces” sexually explicit images, including “lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area” is required to maintain certain detailed records and to keep his or her home available for FBI inspections. Failure to comply is also felony.” This means that a large majority of American teenagers are considered to be sex offenders by law. Being registered as a sex offender will decrease the chances of acquiring a job or maintaining one and it will downgrade a person in society. Yet, after all of these implicated laws, many American teenagers continue to “sext”. It could be a fact that many people do not think they are going to get caught in that particular situation. It is almost as if they are saying, “it will never happen to me” or “what are the chances that it will happen?” If American teenagers are taking nude pictures of themselves unwittingly, they are asking to be punished. When making any decision in their lives, they should consider the consequences and after considering them, they should be smart enough to stop “sexting”.

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  3. Yes, the definition of pornography is the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement. And when you ad child in front of it you think of a disgusting older person with a younger person. But no 16 year old boy or girl sending a picture to their significant other would even have the word porn or sex offender cross their mind while sending a provocative picture. Which in some states its that’s what these underage teenagers are being charged with. If a underage teenager or young adult chooses to expose themselves like that they should be able to know the consequences and take full responsibility for them. Whether it’s the picture getting into the wrong hands, or regretting it if you and the other person end things or break up. If they are old enough to have this “erotic behavior” on their mind they are old enough to know there are consequences for their actions. But the question is consequences to what extent? According to the ACLU’s Witold Walczak, "Kids should be taught that sharing digitized images of themselves in embarrassing or compromised positions can have bad consequences, but prosecutors should not be using heavy artillery like child-pornography charges to teach them that lesson”. They shouldn’t be charged with jail time or the lable as a sex offender. They should learn from their embarrassment and at most be fined or have to go to a “sexting” class.

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  4. Texting is a huge technological advancement that can be used for the good or for the bad. Many teenagers today love to text. Texting has opened a new portal for this generation. There are some teenagers that do send nude pictures of themselves and will face the consequences. Teenagers sext to their significant other to arouse them, not to bring child pornography charges against them. Teenagers should be accountable for their own actions and are responsible to live up to their choices made. Teenagers should think twice about sending exposed pictures of themselves because it could come back and haunt them in ways they would not imagine.

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