Read this article from the NY Times.
We are going to discuss this article on the class blog so that each of you has a chance to think through this issue. This is an issue that impacts so many students that I think it is necessary we take the time to take a deeper look at how this act could ruin your life.
You need to write at least a two paragraph response in which you share your thoughts on this topic.
Sexting has become a problem of today. Girls lose their self respect and boys get girls to trust them. If a girl doesn't have self respect then she most likely won't value herself and will be more willing to take nude photos for her boyfriend. On the other hand, if girls are in a long relationship with a guy and trusts them, they will be more willing to give their boyfriend nude photos. In the article they say it's like an "electronic hickey." nude photos on your boyfriends phone are like possesion of you. I think that everyone makes mistakes and naked photos are not something to share but it does happen. I think that people should really think about the choices they make before they decide to trust their boyfriend or girlfriend. Girls are so targeted for hate these days. Girls are jealous of other girls, girls fight over guys, and even start drama just because "They don't like that girl". Sexting just gives girls the opportunity to fuel the fire. Sending naked pictures gives girls the opportunity to humiliate eachother. I don't think girls are "sluts" if they have sent a naked picture before. I think they made a bad choice but I don't feel that they should be given a title. I have seen people scarred from bad choices. Think about your actions.
ReplyDeleteI think that Sexting it dumb when people blow it out of proportion. when a boyfriend and a girlfriend break up and the boy or the girl thinks its cool to send the pictures of the other one around just so that they can make them feel bad about them selves I think that is freaking retarded why would you hurt someone that you said that you cared about. even if your not with the person your shouldn't send something like that if you cared about them cause if you do that it shows how much you really cared about the person.
ReplyDeleteI also believe that when something like that does happen it shows who your true friends are and who are the ones that will stand by no matter what. Also I think that some people just take this thing to serious why should you care what other people think about your. only what you think of your self should matter only god can judge you.
What is a girl of that age doing i think her parents should have talked to her about all that kind of stuff sex and the phone and to respect herself no matter what! This so called "friend of hers" is not a very good friend, her mom should have tried to be a little closer to her daughter and try to be there for her in the most worst times. i think that she need to know a little better and not be sending any pics to any guy especially if they were barley getting along and not even dating yet.Its just about respect she as well as he should know better there not that young as to not know what is going on.
ReplyDeleteSexting is probably about the stupidest thing someone could do to themselves. Sexting is just blackmail waiting to happen. I understand that some people just think they are in "love" with someone and its okay because you trust the person. And some people may be trust worthy enough to trust with some thing so degrading. But I would never put that much trust in someone. Everyone gets mad at you eventually. Some people are just cruel and like to see you hurting. This whole ordeal was because of one girl trying to get back at her ex friend. Junior high is the worst time to trust someone with a naked picture of you self. Not many relationships of any kind last past junior high. And giving someone something so personal that they may eventually use against you is just commiting social suicide. I know when I was in junior high, a couple girls in the grade lower than me did something very similar to this story. Except one girl had taken a topless picture of herself and sent it to her best (chick) friend. This friend then decided to tell her guy friend that she had this picture. He then went on to tell people that that girl had that photo of her friend. Rumors spread and that girl was then pressured into sending the picture. The picture had gotten to every student in the 7th grade before school the next morning. These girls were punished, at home, school, and the police were contacted. Sexting is a relaly big problem. But with how technology is evolving, it will only get more difficult to stop this.
ReplyDeleteSexting is crazy. It reminds me how guys(girls) say if you love me you will do it. Love goes beyond the nudity of a person. Girls should have more self respect for their body. I didnt know that you could get into so much trouble for sexting. I do believe you should though. If your going to send a message you do not want a million people to see, then do not send it. Once a nude picture is sent out to maybe even 5 people it is no longer private. I do think the girl who had her picture sent out to a bunch of people was punished enough. She now has to know that her picture is being sent out to lots of people. She has to know more people know her that she doesn't know. She is now the victim to sick pedophiles. Her body is no longer a private issue. I do not think that teens understand to the full extent that this is a bigger shame than anything. I do beleive a lot of adult actions do promote teens to think that nudity is ok. I think a lot of problems with teens is being self-conscious. Sometimes they get a confidence boost in the wrong way.
ReplyDeleteSexting is done every thirty minutes or so. Its degrading to women. Women and teenagers send that picture knowing its going to one person, not the whole world. But, in some incidents it does obviously. Us teenagers have so little self value, respect, and confidence and we depend on other people to help us achieve that fa-sad that we want. Yes we see it on t.v. Megan Fox jokes about doing it, Taio Cruz and Kesha sing about it, but were not five. We know wrong from right. And its not really a fact on " what people think of me" its a fact of self security. Noone would comfortably traipse around naked in front of the whole school. This is a serious matter, there has been suicides by girls who thought their significant other was honest when he said, " this is just for me," but yet it goes viral. We are to blame for our generations low self esteem. Not T.V, models, songs, But we as a generation are to blame.
ReplyDeleteI think that sexting is overrated. I don't get why people have so send dirty pictures over a text. I get that in high school relationships that you get mad at each other and break up for a day or two and you have that picture. Then you get mad and send it o all your friends then they send it to all there friends. What i am saying is that just don't send dirty pictures over a text message. Is it worth going to jail for a while just to see someone naked. I know i wouldn't want to go to jail just to have a naked picture. I think that this was a good article it makes you think of how young the kids are that are doing this stuff.
ReplyDeleteSexting is happening and there are few ways to try and stop it. All the time girls think that they feel more attractive when they take pictures of themselves until the picture is seen by people who were not supposed to see it. Guys seem to act different and try and show off the pictures thinking it my make them seem more of a man because they got a picture of their girlfriend. If people could see the consequences of their actions before they act there would be more changes in the world. So many teens have phones and it is hard to keep track of what they are doing so if a parent gets a phone for their child they should know what they are getting themselves into.
ReplyDeleteSexting is really really stupid and really bad. Why do it? No girl or guy should do it especially if they are still in middle school!! But we can't place all the blame on these teenagers who are doing it. There are songs out there that actually encourage doing such a thing. And shows on t.v. So now teens think it's cool and you have to do to even be considered "cool". If the boy actually cared about her then he wouldn't have even forwarded it to the other girl and if she was actually a true friend to her then she wouldn't have done what she did to her. Sexting is just plain stupid and those who do it should know the consequences by now, when you send a picture of your body then it is no longer private just to you, it can be seen by anybody who's everybody and it probably will. So basically don't sext!!
ReplyDeleteSexting is just so stupid! Some girls just don't have any self respect. Thinking it's going to be alright and thinking that they can trust the guy that they send the picture to. Just to make them happy? lol Like really, some girls are dumb, and don't think. In the end its just on the girl who sent it. Humiliating herself. Its quite sad. I remember going to school, and something similar happened like this, the pictures and i think there was videos (gross) were being sent to every one!
ReplyDeleteYou would think that some people would be smarter then that, have more respect for themselves. Guess not?
astandley
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad that a lot of girls who are participating in sexting don't realize how quickly their self respect can be lost. One naked picture can end up changing everything. That one picture can end up across the internet and be available for anyone to find. Ewww! ANYONE! Including all the sick individuals that are online, capable of looking at an inappropriate picture of a child. I couldn't imagine the pain I would hold if I happened to have a daughter and a naughty picture of her was online forever. A "harmless" picture to a boyfriend can turn out to be some stranger's wallpaper on their phone, and to me, that's a little scary. And honestly, I believe that a naked picture sent through a text happens to be overrated and and one of the stupidest ideas ever thought of. Yes adults can send those kind of pictures but what is that teaching the younger generations? Technology is abused so often by cyber-bullying and sexting, but if parents are going to be providing internet and cell phones, restrictions need to apply to the age of the child. Check out what your children are doing on their electronics. Don't be overly protective but be aware of the possibilities technology has provided and take precautions to prevent children from electronic abuse.
Sexting is probably one of the most common things that is happening now days. It's bad and can ruin someones life forever. Ya guys are going to tell you they love you and swear that they aren't going to show it to anyone. But once you guys get into a fight or break up that picture is probably going to get seen by all his friends and everyone else. Sending dirty pictures through text will be the dumbest thing anyone can do. If they love you they won't make you do anything like that. I think in a way parents should make sure that their kids know about this and know the consequences of it and know that their life will never be the same again. I think this was a good article and it really shows what can happen if you decide to do this.
ReplyDeleteI think that sexting is very stupid. Why would you go and put a picture of yourself out for people to see? I think that it is ridiculous what some people will do for attention. I don't see how people could do that to each other. This article was a very good article though and it just shows what can happen. sexting is just plain dumb in my opinion. I just don't understand why people would dont that to themselves.
ReplyDeleteMy opinion on this blog is well what can I say? Or even do? These teens now days are going to do what they want to do. We may want to tell them to stop but they are going to do it anyway. Although these girls need to have a little more respect for themselves. Yes it is their bodies but they cannot just go show it off to anyone. There are some nasty boys out there and trust me it is a very very scary world out there. If girls do not self respect themselves what makes us think that these teen boys will? I honestly think that no teen should have a phone at the age of 14. I am not saying it because I am of age and I already passed that age but because when I got my phone I didn’t have texting. If a teen is going to have a phone they should take the internet privileges and the texting privileges away. They do not need to text they can call and talk to their friends. Or maybe they should put a block on nude pictures. Technology is so advanced I am sure that they can come up with a program that monitors what these kids send. We need to protect our teens not just from rape but now even from sending the wrong pictures.
ReplyDeleteNot only does it leaves the girl in some shame, but puts her family through some too. I’m 100% against pornography/ sexting , girls of our generation have no self respect . As a teenager growing up in this sexual generation that exploits everything. I understand the pressures we have and the problems we facing our everyday lives. Many girls will agree with me that at least have been asked to send them “a sexy picture” oh please… by that they mean a nude.
ReplyDeleteWe do have a voice and we can simply just say “NO”! It’s that simple if a guys really likes you he will show you the respect and how to treat a girl, not try to pressure you into doing something that is completely illegal. Even I have been asked/pressured to send one, me as a girl and have seen many of my friends being tormented of nude pictures I have learned it’s not a “cool thing” to do. We make our own decisions; we know what our consequences are Girls need to get more respect. Don’t fall under pressures and think of the outcome.
Sexting is spreading like a virus. People ask for naked from the oppisite sex. Their is a word that you could say and that is no. Even if its perpressure you still have the right to say it. You can ruin your whole life by not saying that word, and you should have more self respect then that to be send those kinds of pictures to people. Their should be no reason to be doing that. Even if they are your boyfriend/girlfriend, or husband/wife, people will most likely send it around and will end up giving you names. And doing that isnt a way to show how much you love someone, its showing how desperate you are to lose that person. For everyone that asks for one, why would you ask for one? Theirs a thin line that your breaking and it will either get you in trouble or ruin someone elses life. So dont ask for it.
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ReplyDeleteIt's too bad that a lot of girls who are participating in sexting don't realize how quickly their self respect can be lost. One naked picture can end up changing everything. That one picture can end up across the internet and be available for anyone to find. Ewww! ANYONE! Including all the sick individuals that are online, capable of looking at an inappropriate picture of a child.
I couldn't imagine the pain I would hold if I happened to have a daughter and a naughty picture of her was online forever. A "harmless" picture to a boyfriend can turn out to be some stranger's wallpaper on their phone, and to me, that's a little scary. And honestly, I believe that a naked picture sent through a text happens to be overrated and and one of the stupidest ideas ever thought of. Yes adults can send those kind of pictures but what is that teaching the younger generations? Technology is abused so often by cyber-bullying and sexting, but if parents are going to be providing internet and cell phones, restrictions need to apply to the age of the child. Check out what your children are doing on their electronics. Don't be overly protective but be aware of the possibilities technology has provided and take precautions to prevent children from electronic abuse.
Sexting is stupid. I think its dumb that girls send nude pictures to a guy. If a guy really did like a girl then there is no need for a girl to do that. Pictures can end up anywhere and are impossible to get rid of. The girl who does send pictures of herself to someone has to always worry about who saw it and if she is ever going to come across that picture again. Sending naked pics gives people a reason to call you a slut or any other kind of name. Maybe the girl isn’t but people will assume because of the pic. People will have their ideas on what kind of person you are before they even meet you. I don’t think its okay for people who do receive the pics to keep forwarding them. Parents should be more aware of what their kids are doing on their phones especially when the kids are so young. I think that everyone involved in forwarding the pic should get in trouble. Even the girl who took the pic in the first place.
ReplyDeleteReading this im shocked because they are so young. Margarite is only fourteen in eigth grade and she is sending naked pictures to a boy this is crazy. Once a girl lets a guy know she has no self respect its like telling them its ok for them to throw their respect for her out the window. When a girl sends a nude picture to a guy they think the girl must be easy and once they get what they want they will pass her on to a friend and that friend will think they can do the same because it worked the first time. When a guy sends a girl a picture the girl usually doesn’t think about sending the guys picture out because what a girl says about a guy is like cotton candy in a rain storm compared to what a guy can say about a girl. So my point exactly is that if we don’t respect ourselves than who will?
ReplyDeleteWhat i think about sexting is I’m against it 100% you cant trust no guy that ask for a naked picture of you! Yeah some guys will say I'm not that kind of guy you can trust me, but then you guys break up he wont care at that time. There were girls that i knew that were dating a guy and the girls would send naked pictures of themselves to the guys. Yeah they were dating but then when they brake up the guy would forward it to his friends! I know i will never send a picture of myself to some guy even if i liked him a lot or even loved him i couldn't do it. I think girls should be smarter then that to send a picture of them self to some guy.
ReplyDeleteWhen the kid got arrested for forwarding the picture to someone i thought it was right because of what he did. That wasn't right but then again its the girls fault to for even sending the picture. But when i read more on the article the boy send it to a girl that didn't like the other girl that send the picture of herself to that guy. The girl that didn't like her send it to everyone which was not right at all. All i got to say to those girls that like to send pictures of them self to guys its not a smart thing to do. You cant trust no guy even if they tell you things that make you feel good.