07-12-2014, 10:21 AM
(07-11-2014, 11:03 PM)Cutz Wrote: So, allegedly, she manufactured and dist. child porn. Exactly the can of worms I'm surprised prosecutors opened.
Unless that alleged picture is one of the reasons that they opened the can of worms? Aside from his erect penis, what else was on the boy's videos and where else did he send them? And, who asked him to stop sending them and why didn't he?
I saw an interview with the boy's aunt, attorney, and court guardian yesterday -- the boy was in the room, but couldn't speak about the case.
STORY AND VIDEO:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/...00001.html
If they're telling the whole story, won't be surprised if the judge tosses this case outta court on Tuesday (or asks the prosecutors to reduce down to some misdemeanor charge.) Hopefully, we'll learn more after Tuesday's court appearance.
(07-11-2014, 11:03 PM)Cutz Wrote: Not only is it meant to be "for your eyes only" when it's really not, I also worry that's what young girls think they have to do to make boys like them. 'If you wanna be popular, you have to send naked butt pix to the football team.' Children under the age of 16 shouldn't ever have gotten cell phones. Corruption of a generation.
Used to be that HS girls who had sex with anyone other than a committed long-term boyfriend (and, in some places before marriage, period) were largely considered sluts and the girls typically tried to keep it secret. If it was with a girlfriend, the boys were more discreet about having sex; "my girl" kinda thing --- all generally speaking, in my experience.
Back then, there were some girls who slept with boys because they wanted to be liked, rather than for their own pleasure. I'm sure that's still the case. And, now, there are also HS girls who send naked pics to boys in order to be liked, not because they're exhibitionists.
Just like "back then" there are those boys who demand or encourage that kind of thinking and behavior from girls and really won't be interested (for the moment) in the girls who don't put-out or pony-up. Those kind of boys making their way out into the adult world are at least as worrisome to me as the girls who feed them.
Anyway, cell phones, internet and other technology has put a lot of the things at kids' fingertips that weren't at all accessible just a generation ago and I think that plays heavily into the "in-your-face" and "casual" and "game" kind of thinking by some teens, when it comes to sexuality. If parents don't want their kids to view sex and sexuality that way, they need to be engaged and talking to them about sexuality in today's terms. Some parents are all over it, from what I've seen. Other parents are too busy sexting themselves to be bothered.
I don't think cell phones and technology have corrupted a generation, but I do agree that they are contributing factors to a change in societal standards. In 10 years, it might be so commonplace to have naked photos of yourself floating around somewhere (for anyone under 30 ys old) that no one even blinks an eye and there's no real shame attached to it anyway. Is that wrong? IDK.