Gay Sexting Research Paper

In the US today Americans recently discovered an emerging trend known as adolescent sexting. Sexting has been defined as the sending or receiving of sexually explicit or sexually suggestive images, messages, or video through a cellphone or the Internet; sexting can also be referred to as sending nudes. As Guidance Counselors at a High School it is imperative that we educate ourselves and our students on the consequences sexting may have. Many students fail to realize that once the photos or messages are sent there is no turning back. Those images/messages may be forwarded to audiences via the internet and various social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat etc. causing humiliation, depression and in some cases even causing suicide.

Sex. It is everywhere. We see in television shows. In magazines. On the Internet. But sex is still seen as a taboo subject in our society. I believe that being educated about sexuality is vitally important to one health. Understanding one’s body and how it impacts your life. To understand how your beliefs about sexuality and sex have developed one needs to look back over the years and how your beliefs were engrained in your life. This essay will be based on my reflection by looking back on my sexual history on how and what have significantly impacted my development of sexuality. The focus will be on my reflection of answering the sexual history questions and how I have changed and developed over the years. It is important to analyze and reflect to understand how I came to be today, that the past has created my ideas and beliefs about sex and sexuality that have shaped me.

Sexting has been all over the news. Of course its normal for someone to want to send a naughty picture to the significant other, but now we have teens (and even pre-teens) sending nude pictures to get attention from someone of the opposite sex. The pictures usually end up all over the teens school. We live in a new day and age, but most adults would be mortified if a nude picture of them was seen by someone that wasn’t

Sexting is imprudent, untoward, and unfortunately - not all that uncommon. In a recent study of college freshmen, thirty-one percent of the participants reported sending a sexting image of themselves in high school to someone else using a cell phone (Martinez-Prather, 28).This action is a felony crime in Kansas, punishable by up to thirty-four years in jail, a substantial fine, and inclusion on the registered sexual offender list for life (Mobile Media Guard). While this may seem like excessive punishment for sexting, this punishment in not specifically for sexing. Since Kansas has no laws directly related to sexting, when minors are involved in sexting, the laws they have broken are those

Utilizing social media has been shown to enhance communication, social interaction, and sharpen technical skills of teenagers. Benefits to teens of social media allow them to socialize with friends, make new friend, and even help each other on group projects or homework. Studies indicate that over 20% of teenagers log onto social media sites over 10 times in one day. A con in social media is that its has caused cyberbullying and online hate. Studies have shown that online harassment is no more common than offline harassment. Another con in social media is that sexting has increased 20% in teens. These teens have indicated that they have posted nude or semi nude photos of themselves. Teens do not realize the risk

Adolescents send messages to others in their schools, groups of friends, and their everyday peers. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy took a survey in 2008 and showed 39% of teenage girls had “sent or posted sexually suggestive messages (or ‘sexts’)” (450). To clarify, this means that young girls are sending naked pictures to people that they are associated with. They also proved 22% of young ladies have used a computerized device to send or upload an unclothed or sensuous photo.

Americans recently discovered an emerging trend known as adolescent sexting. Sexting has been defined as the sending or receiving of sexually explicit or sexually suggestive images, messages, or video through a cellphone or the Internet. Sexting can also be referred to as sending nudes. As Guidance Counselors at a High School it is imperative that we educate ourselves and our students on the consequences sexting may have. Many students fail to realize that once the photos or messages are sent, there is no turning back. Those images/messages may be forwarded to audiences via the internet and various social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat etc, causing humiliation, depression and in some cases even causing suicide.

Researchers from the University of Utah’s Department of Psychology surveyed 606 teens ages 14-18 and found out that over 25% said that they had forwarded someone else's sext to another person (“Abbondanza.”). Some guys may send your sext out to other boys to prove that they are popular and it’s a way to show that they aren’t getting left out (“Sexting Among Teens Can Be Harmful.”). It also gives the boys bragging rights because they get to show off the pictures they are getting and use the pictures as a way of competition like saying “who can get the most sext.” If the sext gets into the hands of someone that doesn’t like you then they may send it around to people as a way to get back at you or a form of blackmail (“Sexting Among Teens Can Be Harmful.”). If your sext gets out and people start threatening you with it, it may lead you to do bad things like taking your life.

In this article it explains how two teenagers were criminally charged for sending nudes to each other showing the consequences many states face when they prosecute sexting. Like most states, North Carolina has yet to update child pornography laws used to charge minors who are caught sexting and the laws can carry stiff penalties including prison time. The North Carolina case began when nude photos were found on the boy’s phone in late 2014. It led to a year of uncertainty for the teens, who are now 17, until they struck deals in recent weeks to reduce the charges and give them a pathway to clearing their records.

This is due to the information stated previously. Instead of sexting between consenting minors not being considered a crime at all, it should be a crime with clear legal ramifications in order to protect and educate the adolescents. This is need to reflect society’s views and contribute to the creation of a social environment more protective of children and youths (Enns). The law is placed in order to protect the rights of the people and correct the behavior of a person. Since teen sexting is so closely related to child pornography since it include the sexual depiction of a minor without clear legal consequences it results in perpetual harm to the child and validate and normalize the sexual exploitation of children. Therefore, instead of charging minors under the laws of child pornography which can lead to sexual offender registration, jail time, and heavy fines, teen sexting should still be a crime but with specific laws pertaining to the adolescent in order to protect them from perpetual harm and educate them teaching them to create well thought out decisions and aid them in their path to

In the scene from the boys’ viewpoint, I used posture and movement to show the relaxed and bored behaviour by standing with my shoulders slumped, hunched over back as I boringly stared at my phone whilst I noisily chewed gum. Aastha was positioned in the centre middle as a leader whereas I, Leah and Ceri stood around as her followers, to show Aastha had the authority in the group. Suddenly, Aastha shouted, “Oi, lads get here.” causing us to attentively traced our eyes to her before we eagerly strode forward to get a peek at the image on her phone. There is a pause of two seconds before Ceri and I broke into a cacophony of excitement, rapidly bashing movements into each other and wildly waved our arms with wide grins to emphasise our rowdy, obnoxious behaviour. This showed that boys aren’t afraid of being shy about their honest thoughts as we ogled the image and made tactless comments on the ‘Hotness’ of the girl. However, the girls’ scene juxtaposed this by Leah stood in an upright position with Aastha, Ceri and I kneeled down to show the hierarchy and superiority of Leah in the group. We were all huddled together stared directly forward and mimed makeup actions, to create a smaller proxemic gap and reflect how as girls we like to be together in tight packs; more secretive and judgemental in fear of our reputation being ruined. When I first saw the image, I showed my shock through a few second

Social media has become an outlet for teenagers to communicate constantly, monitor each other’s lives, and control what they want others to see. As social media is becoming more and more popular, more teenage moral panics are occurring. A moral panic is defined as the “fear of a new technology’s or cultural form’s negative impact outside of parental control.” (Jackson) Throughout these past few years, there have been an endless amount of teenage moral panics. Snapchat is an application that has caused a great amount of controversy. With the Snapchat application, you get to control how long the person you send a photo to can view that photo before it disappears. The problem with this is that you can take a snapshot of the photo before it disappears. Snapchat has become to be a teenage moral panic; more specifically Snapchat “sexting”, which is “the act of sending sexual messages and pictures to another person through phones or the internet.”(Klower) On Snapchat parents cannot control what their teenagers are sending and to who their teenagers are sending pictures and videos to. Therefore, teenagers feel a sense of privacy, and use the application to sext, which can lead to various negative behaviors.

One serious issue is sexting, Sexting among teens is not only illegal, but harmful and dangerous among the sender and the receiver. Both are held responsible for child pornography and can be dealt serious consequences. Sexting causes an increase in teen suicides, anxiety self-esteem and involves pressure meaning another forum cyberbullying. Exposing these pornographic photos will not only stress the deliverer but lead to sexual harassment in conclusion.

We live in a generation where it has become common to send inappropriate pictures to people who we have just met. We live in a generation where we are so dependent on technology that it is as addictive as a drug. Fellow students, let me ask you all this question, would you want to see our future generation, our future leaders, and our future role models acting like this? What is this world coming to?! In order to prevent this, I firmly believe that the correct and safe use of social media must be taught in schools.

Two years ago the word sexting did not exist. The combination of the words “sex” and “text” is now a term that is heavily discussed and causes issues for parents, students, educators, and law enforcement. Although there is no legal definition of sexting, it generally refers to writing sexually explicit messages, taking sexually explicit photos of themselves or others in their peer group and technologically transmitting those photos and/or messages to their peers. Now many people don’t know the problems associated with sexting. Most of these problems occur when one or all parties are minors. When a minor is involved there can be serious consequences that can follow a person for a life time.