Blog 5

William Brady

Blog #5

            For my last blog I want to talk about ‘sexting’ and how it is becoming extremely popular for all ages. Just send me a picture says one guy, and then within the blink of an eye hundreds of people have now seen your graphic photo that you thought was just going to your boyfriend or girlfriend. This is what our younger generation does not understand. Yeah you can say that you trust them and they will not show anyone, but honestly they are. Or if they do not show anyone, one of their friends will come across it when they are looking at the pictures on their friends phone. This leads to them sending it to themselves and then to other people.

            We need to stress how important it is for our younger generation to stop sexting each other, unless they don’t care who sees their picture. This younger generation does not understand the consequences that come along with it. It starts out as a joke but then turns into the whole school seeing the pictures and it ruins that poor girls life. This sexting then can turn into cyber bullying and lead to so many more problems.

            Another new type of sexting has come through snap chat. People are sending naked pictures of themselves to people because they think that it is going to disappear 5 seconds after they send it. But then again, most people to not understand that you can screen shot the snap chat and have that picture forever. SnapChat has also become really popular by making a username called ‘SEXYPENNSTATE” or “PSUHOTTIES”. People take pictures or video of themselves having sex or naked and tag those usernames. Then the people who run these profiles put them up on their timeline to allow everyone who is around the PSU campus to view them. For some this is amazing, but for the people who do not know they are on this it is wrong.

            Overall we need to make sure that sexting is discussed throughout the classrooms of our younger generation so we can prevent the future of these children. For young adults and all the above generations who choose to sext and send naked pictures they must accept the consequences.

            Sexting can also play a positive role. For those who spend time on the road a lot for work, it may keep their marriage strong. It also is a huge fetish that many people have. Sexting is not illegal, nor should it be. We make our own decisions’ and if you choose to let people see you naked then its your choice to live with what happens next. But we need to make sure that our younger generations understand all that comes along with it.