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Sexting and Teens
October 29, 2009 6:03 AM
"Sexting" is the act of sending sexually explicit content by using digital technology. Psychologist Susan Lipkins talks with Dr. Jon LaPook about its influence on teens.
October 29, 2009 6:03 AM
"Sexting" is the act of sending sexually explicit content by using digital technology. Psychologist Susan Lipkins talks with Dr. Jon LaPook about its influence on teens.
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As for the objectification of girls/boys...I can't say what's going on with the kids today, but for me and my parters it was about having a closeness we lacked in our daily lives. (I'm looking at you, 2 income family.) A relationship? Hardly. That would be an unnecessary complication for a life too complicated already.
teaching your children?
they said there's no such word
the term "sexting" is a word made up by the media and shrinks
The way to handle this is not punishment by sticking an offender label on them. They need education!! Do the same thing you do to students who get caught smoking at school... make them take an educational course on what sexting is and why it's not good. Actually, do them a favor and add this info to their sex education in fifth grade! Kids as young as 11, not 13, are sexting. Help them understand it before they think to do it.
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Keep reacting to sexting and only sex related issues with digital technology as opposed to communicating overall digital responsibility, and our digital society will fall into a very dark place.
Abesent the intent is irrelevant. While that is good for prosecution to get more jail time for the defendant...possession has always been used as the primary HOOK for prosecution, be it alcohol, guns, large sums of money, drugs.... nude or sex images of underage persons is illegal. Ask any policeman. Better yet, show him and see what happens.
And if just nude....have one with a gun....and then one with alcohol...and with drugs.... ALL THOSE are criminal.
If you want a protected class....make all porn legal and all persons are protected. It is just like pot, if you make it legal, there are a lot of people who will not be criminalized.
- by skeetchamp October 29, 2009 11:37 AM EDT
- we should not be criminalizing teenage sexting. would we rather kids didn't do it? of course! but this behavior is children acting childishly and they shouldn't be made registered sex offenders because of it. otherwise, we'd have to criminalize the act of a teenager "touching" themselves on the grounds that that too is child sex exploitation.
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See all 12 Commentsthere are plenty of laws on the books to punish adults possessing child pornography, we don't need to apply those laws to kids.