Teen Dating '08: Nude Pix On Cell Phones
Police Say Swapping X-Rated Photos To Flirt Common Among Teens
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The instant text, picture and video messages have become part of some teens' courtship behavior, police and school officials said. The messages often spread quickly and sometimes find their way to public Web sites.
"I've seen everything from your basic striptease to sexual acts being performed," said Reynoldsburg police Detective Brian Marvin, a member of the FBI Cyber Crime Task Force of Central Ohio. "You name it, they will do it at their home under this perceived anonymity."
Westerville Central High School senior Jerome Ray said he's received such unsolicited messages, including one from a classmate while he was sitting with his girlfriend.
"A lot more girls are aggressive," said Ray, 18. "Some girls are crazy and they are putting themselves out there."
Candice Kelsey, a teacher from California, said some teenage girls think they have to be provocative to get boys' attention. As a result, they will send photos they hope their parents never see.
"This happens a lot," said Kelsey, author of Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence. "It crosses every racial socio-economic group. Christian kids are doing it. Jewish kids are doing it."
Male teens are also doing it.
For instance, a central Ohio high school teen made a sexual cell phone video of himself and sent it to female classmates. One of the girls forward the Westerville South High School's video to at least 30 other people.
A study last year found teens are placing more of an emphasis on image and fame than in the past. Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who studies young people's trends, found that teens are more confident and assertive than ever before.
I've seen everything from your basic striptease to sexual acts being performed
Reynoldsburg police Detective Brian MarvinMark Raiff, a principal at Columbus' Olentangy Liberty High School, said some of his students and their cell phones have caused trouble.
"They don't see anything wrong with it," he said. "It leaves me speechless."
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My guess is that those are the bulk of the ones doing it.
I knew you could. ;o)
Where are the parents in all this??? Why are parents allowing this free-for-all? Is there no accountability... teens being responsible enough to use cell phones and parents monitoring their usage. Where did these teens get the idea that they need to be provocative (to this extreme)???
But seriously, why didn''t Motorola and other corporations take into thought that there were going to be some pretty bad kids (and adults) in this world using cell phones for perverted reasons.
I am shocked that everyone is shocked about this story.
50 years ago, it was a shame and embarrassment to pose for Playboy magazine.
Today, girls cannot wait to pose for Playboy to get rich and famous.
Recently, the prostitute Ms. Dupre got the New York governor Mr. Spitzer to resign and got a reported 7 digits movie/book offers from Hollywood and Wall Street.
Almost everyday, I read about some famous girl having a baby but with no ''husband''. A famous Single Mom.
I would not be at all surprised if our teenagers start their own ''Teenage Playboy'' magazine to become famous.
Now the sky is going to fall!!!
We''re all doomed!!!
Finally a generation begins to put things into perspective...it''s JUST THEIR BODY PEOPLE; GET A GRIP!
Safe ***? Ha! A person who has so little respect for their own body as it send it around on a cell phone certainly doesn''t care about something like that.
These teens have such empty lives... so sad.
How ridiculous!
HEY EDITORS...$ex is not a Swear You Dopes!!
oh yeah - and liberals - who run public education which is the biggest reason it sux so bad - coddle kids out of some kind of nobody judges anybody, everything''s equal, tell me your feelings sort of hippie love fest - and guess what? They end up HURTING the very people they ''claim'' to care about so very much.... hmmmm - reminds me of - gee, I dunno - black people & the liberal welfare program?
You see folks, liberals don''t really care about what ACTUALLY works... they''re only interested in what makes them look & feel all warm & fuzzy in the very short term... and if that means enabling bad behavior which will harm people in the long run??? So be it - liberals will just blame somebody else...
Liberals - watch out kids, they''ll make you dumb & unproductive if they don''t mamage to abort you first.
reckless promiscuous sexual acts is the foundation of radical liberalism....and guess who pays for it in the end??
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Posted by zendigity at 03:17 PM
So you%u2019re saying you would not mind that my son received a photo from your daughter showing her going down on someone? You may want to re-read the article I''m not sure you understand all the info thats in it.
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With the way the laws are now, granny would probably go to jail for child abuse if she did that.
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Posted by jjarden at 04:42 PM : Apr 14, 2008
Oh pahleeze!
High school kids had *** in the 50s. They just weren''t so open about it as they are today.
If these individuals don''t realize the seriousness, how about this...From the legal side, do these girls/guys understand that photos like this can constitute as sexual harrassment and indecent exposure if the other party warrants? Also, they do not realize the seriousness enticing and becoming a victim of more serious crimes such as rape and not to mention "child molestation" (if under 18 in most states).
If you don''t want the "world to know" especially the parents, don''t do it. Nothing is private if it is in electronic media.
I really hate "children" pretending to be adults and not realizing the consequences.
"Oh pahleeze! High school kids had *** in the 50s. They just weren''''t so open about it as they are today."
gwagener...DID I say HS kids in the 50''s DIDN''T have ***? Go back and read my post, because you obviously didn''t the first time.
I said...
"When my Father began teaching High School in 1950, the most shocking thing kids did was chew gum, wear their hat indoors, or run the hallway."
Which was TRUE.
Are you saying that HS Kids in the 50''s HAD $ex in School?
That''s Nutty of You.
Why are these cell phones allowed in schools? Why can''t teachers confiscate them, and return them at day''s end if the child can''t be bothered to learn?
There''s a time and place for everything and cell phones have legitimate value. Especially when pay phones are virtually non-existent. During class is not such a place, nor time.
In the 1950s, there was a dress code, chewing gum meant a slap on the wrist, and lots of other things. Never mind people went to school to learn, not engage in idle gossip about other students, which didn''t help those students either...
As for radical liberalism, the problem far transcends sexuality. Trouble is, so-called liberals aren''t responsible for all this country''s ills, but they do play a significant part.
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Yea right...hahahaha.
A girl in the 50''s was lucky if she had been french kissed by time she was 18.
Today, a girl is lucky if she is still a virgin by the time she starts middle school, and doesn''t have her porn video posted on the internet yet.
If I get rich and/or famous by posing nude here or there, it''s acceptable under the rules of capitalism.
Capitalism ($$$) and Morals/Religions-who is winning?
Today, the only acting part before going to bed is "your place or my place?" Then, after having a baby, "i want a divorce".
I dial the wrong number, you wern''t supposed to see that. But, what do you think of my new nipple rings?
If I get rich and/or famous by posing nude here or there, it''''s acceptable under the rules of capitalism.
Capitalism ($$$) and Morals/Religions-who is winning?
Posted by lovegetpeace
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Who''ll be the losers in the end? I don''t blame you or your comment, however...
On a side note I was thinking about this earlier. These new phones use Blue tooth which could spread a virus. That virus could automaticly send all of a users pictures to a "collector". A virus could be used to collect child porn or it could be used by the police to bust people. I just see it now schools will require special software be up loaded into your childs phone. Why not buy your kid a phone that works like phone? No camerra. No color screen. Problem solved.
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Posted by cbscrash07 at 08:09 PM
All the other teens will pick on him for not having the coolest features he will then feel ostracized and come back all blow everyone away%u2026..
Quit blowing the story out of proportion. This shouldn''t have even made the news; the only reason it did is because American''s love to look down on others and say "wow, I''m really glad my kid isn''t like that," but the inconvenient truth (to borrow from Mr. Gore) is that they most likely are, because sadly this is how our culture is now-a-days; and it started during the generation of the parents who are on here ******** about the loss of morality in recent years.
In summary:
stfukyskthnxbai
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Posted by demslie at 09:28 PM
Some how I knew this was all Clintons fault. It couldn%u2019t be McCain who cheated on his first wife, Newt Gingrich who cheated on two wives or Rudy Giuliani who%u2019s been married three times and cheated on all of them. Nope, it%u2019s all the Clintons fault. Let me ask you%u2019 how%u2019s that No Child Left Behind doing? Has Bush and the republicans properly funded it yet? Let%u2019s see%u2026%u2026%u2026 Why no they haven%u2019t. How strange, after all the children are so important.
You can really blame this on Bush? Get real dip head.
Posted by homeaux at 09:35 PM : Apr 14, 2008
Yea, right....who are we, the parents, the grown ups, the guardians of their souls, the overseers, the ones who are supposed to know.......to tell them it''s wrong? If you don''t, nobody will. This society has abdigated it''s parental duties for decades and we are seeing the fruit of the negligence today. Happy harvest....you who are ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Any one who thinks that this is anything other than the latest technology applied to the oldest games is a fool, as is anyone who thinks that this is somehow any worse than "their grandma''s day".
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