As Dr. Prill would call it, "sexting" has become a widespread fad in the lives of young people. This NBC station did a special on it. See the link below to access the video.
Cell phone sex
The arguement I'd like to make is has technology gone bad? In other words, has it gone "sinful"? Teens seem to be taking advantage of techonology and its 'sexual advances' it includes. This instance of child pornography is something that public officials need to tackle.
Not only is "sexting" something that can potentially hurt an individual, it is an action that can emotionally abuse a person. Most teens make decisions out of impulse, and sexting certainly seems to be the case.
I recently heard Bill O'Reilly do a talking point on a young girl who was filing a lawsuit because her naked picture she had sent to a male friend had been sent to the public by him. Mr. O'Reilly made an interesting assumption. Once that photo is sent through a cellular device, is it public? Who sees it as its being sent? He went on to make clear that once the female hit send, she lost all rights of privacy.
What can be done to insure that child pornography does not leak through our cell phone system in America? Are we being watched in everything we do? Where do our rights of privacy end? Do they end when we click send, as Mr. O'Reilly says?
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I agree with Caroline, and "Sinful technology" is not confined to text messaging. I remember "The Sims," which to me was the beggining of this whole second life, virtual existence gaming revolution. However, now there are "games" like "Red light center" and others that allow fully visual and simulated cybersex. I am really not sure how this is to be interpreted because on the one hand it is probably preventing a large amount of people from transmitting disease. On the other hand though, it is somewhat disturbing that one of the most intimate acts that two people can supposedly share has been depersonalized to such a level. In fact, the advertisement that plays on the website is, "Do you want to meet people just like you tonight without ever leaving your home? If so download now and find your perfect match..."
ReplyDeleteMaybe its just me but I find that the idea of being able to do WHATEVER one wants in a virtual world might lead to people doing those same things in the real world. The only difference is that in the real world there will be real consequences. Following is that this type of explicit sexual content is not ever going to be properly regulated either by the site or by parents. So this is offering children a completely unexplained view of sexual interaction. Following you might end up with an entire population of children with complete inability for actual human sexual interaction or completely skewed views of what a healthy sexual relationship between two people entails. All that will be available is the knowledge and learning they did playing a sex game like "Red Light Center."