I receive the magazine Newsweek. But I am off at college and my Newsweek is sent to my home. I am unable to read it until I visit home and manage to pick it up before going back to college. Having come home for Passover/ Easter, I curled up in the chair next to the table my mom conveniently piled my Newsweeks on. I cracked open the February 23 issue and began reading an article on child sex offenders. These kids are 13 through 15 years old who are charged and registered as sex offenders. Being a human services concentration, I have learned and heard about child sex offenders. These kids were abused when they were younger and all they know is to abuse others. So, one would automatically assume these kids raped some other 13 year old. Did they rape someone? No. Well how about even touching a little kindergartner? Nope.
What did these kids do? Sexting. That's right, sexting. Taking pictures of naked people and sending it to other people via their cell phone. So, some kid stripped some pour innocent girl and sent pictures like a chain letter all over his school right? Nope. These kids are girls, girls who have had sex shoved down their throat by media, peers, and society. So, they sent a naked picture of themselves to their boyfriend. Not posting it to the internet, or even sending it to every guy in the school. No, just their boyfriend. Of course in most states it is completely legal for a 15 year old to have sex with another but heaven forbid they send a naked picture of them selves to their boyfriend! Holy shit!
But no, sending a picture of yourself to you boyfriend when below the age of 18, means you are distributing child pornography and pocessing that picture means you pocess child pornography. Mind you, these kids should probably be told never to see each other again if they are 13 (13 is a little too young even in my opinion to be having sex). So, these kids should be told not to see each other anymore, be given a lesson on why taking naked pictures of yourself can bite you in the butt later on, probably a lesson on condoms and then grounded for the next six months. But being registered as a sex offeneder? GIVE ME A BREAK!
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