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Underestimating “Sexting”

May 19, 2011
By the intellectual

It may seem harmless, taking a picture of yourself topless to send to your boyfriend.  Every one of your guy friends has a sexy naked picture or two of his girlfriend on his cell. Every couple you know of at school does a little “sexting” every now and then, and they’re having a blast doing it. Even a few young famous celebrities have “sexted.” But what might seem harmless at first can actually reap dire consequences, which is what is happening to a lot of teens and young adults in America today who’ve fallen into the new “sexting” trend. It just takes one click of that “Send” button to potentially change your life forever. The repercussions of sending a nude or explicit image or video of yourself to someone’s phone or even to their email inbox can hit on a deep, personal level for both parties involved, even a legal one, and the negative, life-changing effects can stay with you for years, even a lifetime.

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