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A recent phenomenon with the advent of mass access to cell phones is this thing called "sexting" - which refers to the sharing of sexually oriented material via cell hones. I personally have never "sexted" but remember being very close to doing it.
I didn't get a cell until my senior year of high school and at that time photo capabilities on cells weren't widely available yet. It wasn't until the latter part of college that I got a flip phone with a camera. It was at that time that I found myself trying to take some R-rated photos to send to my boyfriend. Alas I didn't have the nerve to click the button and called my boyfriend to say that I couldn't go through with it. He didn't mind and I never thought about it again until I started seeing all these cases in the media about sexting gone wrong.
While I am all for (responsible) sexual liberation, there is an obvious need to help educate people about how to be critical consumers and producers of media generally and about sexting in particular. Girls Rule!, an organization dedicated to empowering young women in the Chicago area, recently published a great article to help parents talk to their kids about sexting: "Girls Rule! Parent ToolKit: Talking to Youth About "Sexting." I think it's also a great read for fellow peer educators should you ever find yourself talking to a someone about sexting.
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Great! Thanks for posting this. Its definitely become quite an interesting how much sexting has creeped into the discourse around young people and their sex lives. Its so great that you have found a resource like this that has facts and real information to help teens make more informed and thought out decisions.
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| 9/20/09 10:21 PM
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| 9/20/09 10:21 PM
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In my country, phone sex is famous but I don't agree with the habits. I don't agree if woman just for sex not love.
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