Teens and Young Teens Sexting The term “sexting” is a combination of the words sex and texting‚ and refers to the practice of sending sexually photos electronically. Sexting seem like fun and games in the beginning‚ but it can take its toll. The act of sexting has many negative consequences that people are yet to realize. Sexting gives teenagers the feeling of acceptances and the chance to be popular by gaining attention. What they fail to realize is the attention they are receiving is negative
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A growing trend in the 21st century that is becoming a national epidemic among teenagers is sexting‚ or the taking of nude or graphic images and texting it to friends or romantic partners. While many may send a picture thinking only he/she will be the only individual to see the image‚ the online world has several media outlets that allow free uploads that could end up with embarrassing outcomes. In the digital world nothing is gone forever‚ leaving someone abashed and possibly ending in illegal charges
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Sexting Among Teens and the Dangers it Poses The advancement of high-tech has produced a new low. The term “sexting” is a combination of the words sex and texting‚ and is the practice of sending sexually explicit photos electronically by cell phone. Over the past few years‚ sexting has become more common and almost “fashionable” among teen-agers. Many teens are under the impression that this is harmless and no one gets hurt. It is dangerous and destructive behavior‚ often leading to unwanted circumstances
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the term “sexting” has been used to describe a wide variety of activities. It is most ordinarily defined as "the sharing of images or videos of sexually explicit content." The majority of attention has been directed toward sexting via cell phone‚ but the term can apply to any form of digital media‚ such as: email‚ messaging‚ and social networking sites. Lauri S. Schere’s Sexting explores issues related to sexting‚ including: how widespread sexting is‚ what causes sexting‚ if sexting should be criminalized
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Sexting is known throughout the entire world‚ but mostly between the teenage population. Sexting causes many problems with just click of a button. Teen girls‚ whether consensual or not‚ are having nudes sent to others throughout their community. Not only is it illegal to send out nudes in the first
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Sexting and Sex go Hand in Hand for Middle School Kids Abstract This article written by Allie Bidwell informs parents‚ educators‚ and even teens about the dangers of sexting. Sexting is not only an immature decision but it also a dangerous one. It can lead to other promiscuous acts such as actual sexual activities. It is also a crime‚ the distributing of explicit pictures or having possession of them is a form of child pornography‚ a serious crime. Statistics and surveys prove this issue has only
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Teens and Sexting – What are Appropriate Consequences? In a world like today’s‚ technology is being produced and improved at rapid rates. Technology can be a wonderful tool allowing teens to communicate at high rates. At times this can be nice‚ but when it comes to sexting‚ officials are taking it to a whole new level. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ "sexting is the sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone." In the article‚ “Teens‚ Nude Photos and the
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applied to teenagers to discipline them for sexting. Misusing these laws can have dramatic long term effects on a teenager‚ and label them a predator or a pervert. Although sexting is an inappropriate behaviour which can cause irreparable damage on victims‚ we need to discover new ways to discipline teenagers in sexting cases‚ instead of applying an incorrect law which comes with an unreasonable sentence and label. In most legal cases regarding sexting‚ the victim has been severely bullied and harassed
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Prewriting Any girl can have sex if she is 16 but she cannot send or take a picture of herself in a sexual was without being under the threat of becoming a sex offender and having to register on the sex offender registry which should only be for real hard criminal like pedophiles and gang rapists. What will happen to the boy who gets caught with a naked pic of his girlfriend he will have to register and he will not be able to work‚ live or be around kids it may impact his job which intern will
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Sexting in Sexual Education According to the Merriam - Webster dictionary : “sexting means the sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone” whose first use of the word was in 2007. Since then sexting has skyrocketed and become a trend thanks to media networks. But the consequences that came with the popularity sexting were grave. Jesse Logan was a 16 year old high schooler from Sycamore High School whose life ended because of the events that followed after she had sexted her
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