Comments on: "Sexting" Shockingly Common Among Teens

Latest Case Involves Three Teen Girls In Pa. Who Sent Nude Pics To Three Boys

[Superare]

Why, who cares? They are people, they were probably dating, who cares if a couple sends each other naked pictures? Why is it your business anyway?

[Superare]

yea I agree I?m only 18 but have been in college since I was 16, I think its pretty sad that the "sexting" is the issue here and not the huge invasion of privacy.

[Superare]

I just think its kind of funny that this is a problem at all, kids look at porn all the time, and a lot of television is very revealing, but the moment a girl sends her boyfriend a naked picture of herself its "shocking".

[Tarasisk]

taking childrens phones away isn't going to make them stop doing anything they will just actually have sex. sending pictures isn'what gets them in to trouble without their phones they are more likely to actually have sex. so ha

[goldentaters]

ERROR - There is no National Campaign to Support Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. It should be the National Campaign to PREVENT Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Come on!

[moonstara]

i know what sexting is, i have participated in sexting and deeply regret it. the boy who was doing it with me, wasn't a bad kid.. he was just over run by his hormones. the thing is, is i'm not a bad girl either.. i have made a promise i would stay a virgin till i was married, just, the way it made me feel was overwhealmed. i'm not saying, what i did was right or anything, but, have you ever thought that maybe it's not as bad as it could be.. i mean i know that what my mom did was right, i mean having my phone was a privalage.. and i abused it.. and i mean.. well anyway, you should realize that it's not as bad as the real thing is..

[mohto]

this is absolutely outrageous...... charging these kids with child pornography is not only way to harsh of a penalty but also shows little understanding of what are teens are going through. so now the the government is parenting our children about morals via crimminal court. This is a matter that should be handled by the parents.I really hope people come to there senses before they destroy other kids lifes.

[TheProdigyAaronHelms]

To start off, No. I am not condoning pre-marital sex or pornography. But, would you rather kids send the pictures to each other, and there be no physical intercourse, only maybe some masturbation. OR would you rather scare kids into thinking phones aren't safe, and have the kids meet in person, then they would take the actions and instead of it being just a exotic flirtatious thing to do, they actually have sex, and potentially impregnate a young teen. Did you know, that 60% of teens who are pregnant under the age of 17, go on to live life's with a income of less then 25k a year? and of those, a large majority do not stay with that person they had the baby with. Ok, so now we have 2 kids who have basically ruined their life's with a child, and have no real chance of education or success. Not only does that hurt them, it hurts their child, and it hurts the rest of America. You ask yourself, why? Because American Tax Payers are now paying to support a large majority of these people, who will benefit off of welfare. All because we cant let them have fun. The fact of the matter is that Americans start pointing fingers at Teenagers with moral situations, like Sex between to minors ( A Natural feeling, historically dated back to before Christ), Or "Sexting" and things, yet we continue to let GAY PRIDE parade's pursue through our streets? We point the finger at Teens with moral situations because Teens are the "Evil" of society, and are viewed as cruel, evil, forms of humans from adults, yet Adults continue to Support Abortion?

In the end, you ruin their lifes by putting them in prison, and labeling them as "Sex Offenders". when in the end, they where being responsible about their sex situation.
Anyone who says "They shouldnt have been doing it at all." Well, My question is how is it ANY different then Parents who would hand their son a playboy, and tell him to use that instead? Even so, The fact that it is a CONSENSUAL thing, Between 2 Minors, with NO adult interference, drives the nail in even harder.

Thoughts, Feelings?
Im just Intrested in how you guys feel.


This is coming from a 15 year old, Kansas.

[bubby150]

wow.i mean rlly.y r ppl making such a big deal about it.its nt even rlly child porn unless its submitted to the internet on a porn site.if teens r sending nude pics to each other through there fones then let there parents deal with it.its nt the whole worlds problem.nd y r teachers looking through kids fones.they shld be sued.even if they were jus looking at the screen.its none of there business!!

[JudeTheLongestWar]

This week's multi-plex offering, The Taking of Pelham 123, normalizes sexting by a young woman (teen) showing her bra via laptop to the handsome boyfriend who says he loves her while riding a subway train publicly to watch her sexting. His love talk is that he's "got her" and she (like the mythic Echo to Narcissus) echoes the words back to him as her shirt comes off to reveal the bra. The laptop on the highjacked subway train ultimately saves the handsome man's young life, reinforcing what a good thing it is to sext. No two or more girls or women are shown onscreen at any time in any sort of relationship, friendship or otherwise. No mother onscreen has a relationship with a daughter (athough a key plot point involves a mother and a son).

To attempt prosecution against teen girls who sext their boyfriends in a mass media world of anti-girl normalized sexual politics is sick. The 180 degrees from sick in the fundamentalist religious world would keep the girls in gender ghetto behind rigid dress codes for girls and bowing to God in man?s image.

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Where are the voices of freedom on behalf of the girls in all of this? The silence is shocking.