Sexting

I realize I was not extremely clear on what I was saying. I believe the legal age to sext should be lowered to 16 because lots of teen are in serious relationships at this age. A survey at a large Midwestern college pulled 300 students to share there experiences with sexting, "the new study found that many students reported having positive experiences." Also, "Sexting doesn"t seem to be as risky as the media makes it out to be," Allyson Dir, a doctoral candidate in psychology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the lead researcher on the study, noted. Showing that media makes sexting seem like an aweful thing because they only broadcast the negative stories from it to make it sound scary and horrible. Also as she stated, "female undergrads were more likely to have negative reactions to sexting compared to their male peers. She pointed out that"s probably because it"s more socially acceptable for men to be seen as sexually promiscuous, and sexting has been characterized as somewhat of a risque behavior." which is also a reason that most females regret sending nude because they think more about what would others think about them, and not so much that it really is harming them. Rather, concerns over sexting are typically an example of the discomfort that older Americans often feel when it comes to younger generations" expressions of sexuality. Showing why I believe that adults should have no say in wheater 16 year old can sext. There reasoning is that it is harmful on the young human brain and could affect our mental stability, when they just don't see that they are just uncomfortable with the thought of the younger generation being sexual or having sexual thoughts and relations. It is also like teens our age when we think of the older generation being sexual also. It's weird for both generations to think about. But just because the older generation has more power, they can create laws so they don't have to think about the younger generation doing that. I also realize that sexting can be an issue if both sides of the communication is not okay with sending the pictures and is being forced to because that is forcing someone into something they don't want and that is wrong. Also if one of the people in the relationship send the others to people with out there consent is also an issue. But from my eyes you should think very hard about sending a picture of yourself to another person before you do. You should think of the risks and think about if you trust the other enough to not use them against you. Another thing is that the law against sexting, minors who send and forward on sexts have been criminally charged. Teens have been charged with everything from disorderly conduct to illegal use of a minor in pornography to sexual abuse of children. They use all the bad cases to outline their argument on why it's a bad thing but never recognize the positives towards it. "A study found that 1 percent of children aged 10 to 17 were engaging in "adult" communication, and seemed to discredit the often-circulated estimate that as many as one in five teenage girls were sexting." The fact that they stated sexting as an "adult" form of communication is another example that the older generation can't except the fact that people under the age of 16 have sexual disires too. What makes sexting something only adults can do? This goes back to showing why I beleieve adults should have no role in deciding wheater a 16 year old can sext or have a sexual conversation other the phone because adults have a scewed perspective on it because they put their own experiences into their reasoning. Sources: http://thinkprogress.org... http://www.covenanteyes.com... http://m.huffpost.com...