Sexting

I think it's funny that everything in a teenager's life revolves around technology. Even being intimate with a boyfriend or girlfriend has been transferred onto technology. But, what's not so funny, is what's going on in the technology. Sexting. Honestly it just grosses me out. Nothing on cell phones or on the internet is ever private- so why would someone risk it? I don't understand why a teenager would take a naked picture of themself and then send it somewhere and expect it not to get around. That is pornography. It's interesting that the families of the teenagers who have taken the photos defend the teens, saying that they're just kids, they don't mean any harm. Well, imagine being that fourteen year old girl after a naked picture of her was sent to every phone in her high school class. No harm done? Yeah, right. They're just kids, they need to learn that they can't do that. They need to know the dangers and the consequences for their actions. About the case in Nebraska- I don't really know how I feel about it. An eighteen year old guy sent a sexual picture to his 14 year old female friend who requested it, and now that boy is registered as a sex offender. So all his life he is going to be looked at as a pedophile because he sexted a willing friend. I think that being registered as a sex offender is too harsh in this scenario. I do believe, however, that this boy should be punished and held accountable, but not to this degree.