Teens post naked pix online
p2pnet news view P2P | Mobiles:- “A 15-year-old American schoolgirl might be labelled a sex offender after using her cellphone to distribute nude photographs,” said p2pnet recently.
The pic was of herself, and she sent it to her classmates.
Now, “One in five teen girls (22%), and almost one in five teen boys (18%) say they have sent or posted online nude or semi-nude images of themselves, according to a survey of 1,280 teens and young adults conducted by TRU for The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com,” says DigitalMediaWire, going on:
“Additionally, one-third (33%) of teen boys and one-quarter (25%) of teen girls say they have had nude or semi-nude images — originally meant to be private — shared with them. Among young adults ages 20-26, 36% of women and 31% of men say they have sent or posted such images.”
You can, “easily take a topless picture of yourself on your cell phone and send it to a guy without really thinking about it,” says Susan Schulz on CosmoGirl, continuing:
“The problem is that if you decide you don’t want other people seeing that picture, you may be too late — the guy may have already shown or forwarded it … to lots of people.”
There are a few things to think about before you press ’send,’ says the Sex and tech survey, namely »»»
Don’t assume anything you send or post is going to remain private. Your messages and images will get passed around, even if you think they won’t: 40% of teens and young adults say they have had a sexually suggestive message (originally meant to be private) shown to them and 20% say they have shared such a message with someone other than the person for whom is was originally meant.
There is no changing your mind in cyberspace — anything you send or post will never truly go away. Something that seems fun and flirty and is done on a whim will never really die. Potential employers, college recruiters, teachers, coaches, parents, friends, enemies, strangers and others may all be able to find your past posts, even after you delete them. And it is nearly impossible to control what other people are posting about you. Think about it: Even if you have second thoughts and delete a racy photo, there is no telling who has already copied that photo and posted it elsewhere.
Don’t give in to the pressure to do something that makes you uncomfortable, even in cyberspace. More than 40% of teens and young adults (42% total, 47% of teens, 38% of young adults) say ‘pressure from guys’ is a reason girls and women send and post sexually suggestive messages and images. More than 20% of teens and young adults (22% total, 24% teens, 20% young adults) say ‘pressure from friends’ is a reason guys send and post sexually suggestive messages and images.
Consider the recipient’s reaction. Just because a message is meant to be fun doesn’t mean the person who gets it will see it that way. Four in ten teen girls who have sent sexually suggestive content did so ‘as a joke’ but many teen boys (29%) agree that girls who send such content are ‘expected to date or hook up in real life.’ It’s easier to be more provocative or outgoing online, but whatever you write, post or send does contribute to the reallife impression you’re making.
And, “Nothing is truly anonymous,” it says, adding:
“Nearly one in five young people who send sexually suggestive messages and images, do so to people they only know online (18% total, 15% teens, 19% young adults). It is important to remember that even if someone only knows you by screen name, online profile, phone number or email address, that they can probably find you if they try hard enough.”
‘Sexual exploitation of a child’
“Many of these pictures are falling into the wrong hands — or worse, everyone’s hands, via the Internet — and leading to criminal charges,” said p2pnet in the story mentioned earlier, and quotingthe Associated Press.
“Some parents are aghast.”
School administrators in Santa Fe, Texas, “confiscated dozens of cell phones from students in May after nude photos of two junior high girls began circulating,” says the story, adding:
“The girls had sent the photos to their boyfriends, who forwarded them to others, officials said.
“In La Crosse, Wis., a 17-year-old boy recently was charged with child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child and defamation for allegedly posting nude photos of his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend on his MySpace page. The girl had taken the pictures with her cell phone at her mother’s home and e-mailed them to the boyfriend, authorities said.”
And, “It used to be that kids would make mistakes, and it was local and singular and everyone knew it was part of growing up,” said Catherine Davis, who, “had a frank talk with her two sons after several students’ nude self-portraits recently spread through the wealthy New York City-area suburb of Westport, Connecticut.
She was quoted not in a US paper, but by China Daily, which also has the pic on the right with the caption:
“Connecticut State Police Sgt. Jim Smith of the state police cybercrimes unit poses with a cell phone in Windsor Locks, Conn., May 22, 2008. Smith conducts seminars in which he warns parents about the use of cell phones to send nude pictures.”
(Thanks, Scott on FaceBook)
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p2pnet – You have a nude picture (sorry, call) waiting, October 14, 2008
DigitalMediaWire – Report: Many Teens Sharing Nude Pictures Online, December 10, 2008
CosmoGirl – Sex and Tech, December 10, 2008
Associated Press – Teens sending nude photos via cell phones, June 4, 2008
China Daily - US teens are sending nude photos via cell phone, June 5, 2008
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December 11th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
As, with anything
Post with Caution!! Thats what Psuedos are for =O