Sexting

I plead that Pro will stop writing her arguments in one giant block. It's very hard to read that way. Now onto my arguments..."I believe the legal age to sext should be lowered to 16 because lots of teen are in serious relationships at this age."Why 16? What makes 16 year olds so much more mature than 15 year olds? If a line must be drawn somewhere, then what is wrong with the current line at 18?"A survey at a large Midwestern college pulled 300 students to share there experiences with sexting,"A large Midwestern college, are you kidding me? That's Pro's citation? This is how big the midwest united states is: [2]That could range from Ohio State University to University of North Dakota. What defines large anyway?"the new study found that many students reported having positive experiences."Many as in 3/10 or many as in 9/10? If a minority of teens are having positive experiences, then there's a good chance that they are having negative ones."'Sexting doesn't seem to be as risky as the media makes it out to be,' Allyson Dir, a doctoral candidate in psychology"Maybe it's the fact that I'm a lawyer on my high school mock trial team, or maybe it's the fact that I'm from a family of lawyers, but I would like to contest the expertise of somebody that doesn't even have their PhD on the topic. Also, in 2009 alone, two minors committed suicide as a result of nude photos gone viral [3]. In one case, a 13 year old girl by the name of Hope Whitsell sent some nude photos to her male crush. Another girl who liked the boy found the photos and forwarded them to other students. She ended up suffering severe sexual harassment when she returned, and then hung herself.I know that Pro wishes to make the limit 16 instead (probably because she is 16), so I will now introduce the audience to 18 year old Jessica Logan. During spring break of Jessica's senior year of high school (2008), she sent nude photos to her boyfriend, somebody she thought she could trust, and he forwarded the pictures. After frequent sexual harassment and bullying she offed herself. Can Pro not see the damage that is caused by sexting? Jessica sent the photos to somebody that she could trust. There's no way she could have known that he would do that."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."This is not a debate over Western culture. Lowering the age restrictions on sexting will not make people stop thinking it's risque. Culture changes laws, laws do not change culture."Showing why I believe that adults should have no say in wheater 16 year old can sext. "Adults should have no say? At all? Is it not the job of parents to do what they feel is best for their own child? A non-PhD holding woman at some university cannot possibly know children better than their own parents. "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"Does Pro have proof of this? Also as I mentioned above, teens have literally committed suicide as a result of sexting. These parents are looking out for their kids, for some have died due to sexting. "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."As I stated above, Jessica Logan sent the photos to somebody she thought she could trust. She paid the ultimate price for believing that her boyfriend wouldn't double cross her."Another thing is that the law against sexting, minors who send and forward on sexts have been criminally charged."No kidding, breaking the law is illegal? Who'd have guessed?"They use all the bad cases to outline their argument on why it's a bad thing but never recognize the positives towards it."As Pro never introduces any benefits, I think it's safe to assume that there are none."'A study found that 1 percent of children aged 10 to 17 were engaging in "adult" communication'... 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."The fact that who stated this? For all I know, Pro stated this. Maybe there for reasons for the "older generation" not accepting this fact. Maybe that reason is that teenagers have literally died from this. Also, bringing in people "under the age of 16" appears to void Pro's argument which is that the age limit should be lowered to 16."...adults have a scewed perspective on it because they put their own experiences into their reasoning."Is Pro unaware of the fact that adults were also teenagers once? Also, I'd rather have people with experience deciding these things than horny teenagers with absolutely none. Why would anybody choose to learn something the hard way when they can listen to their elders instead?Sources: [2] http://www.sgim.org...;(This may wish to be downloaded, but it's just a map of the midwest for those who don't want to download a random picture)[3] https://www.psychologytoday.com...;