Captain Planet Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Like a real porn star, Becky is heavily made up and lying naked on the bed as the camera flashes. She could be just another glamorous model as she poses provocatively with practised moves. But she isn't. Shockingly, Becky is just 17 and still at school. She's filming herself in a friend's bedroom in a large, detached house in leafy suburbia as her schoolfriends party downstairs. Becky has not been coerced into this degrading behaviour. She is posing on her own, taking photographs of herself not for profit - but for attention. Welcome to the deeply alarming new world of privileged British teenagers who have a growing obsession with pornography. I discovered this trend - one which will horrify parents everywhere - during a BBC Radio 4 investigation into online pornography.Generation sexting: More girls are posing provocatively - just for 'harmless fun' (picture posed by model) More... Teenager commits suicide after 'sexting' a nude photo to her boyfriend made her life a misery As a mother of three daughters aged 15, 14 and 12, I am well aware of the pressures children face online, and the problems adults confront trying to help them navigate their way through them.Indeed, it was my concerns about my children's online exposure that made me take a closer look at this secretive teenage social world. It's a world - as I was to discover - where boys often boast about the size of their manhood and their ability to drink alcohol, while girls flaunt themselves shamelessly, apeing the adult behaviour they see around them on TV and in magazines. My guide into this disturbing universe was a pretty A-level student. I'd come to talk to her and a group of sixth-formers - boys as well as girls - at their prestigious school about the impact that watching pornography may be having on today's youngsters. I certainly was not prepared to hear they were also producing it.Talking to leading academics, I had already found out that our children are watching a great deal of porn online - some of it hard-core - and that its long-term effects could be damaging. I had also discovered that they are watching it at a very early age, sometimes as young as eight, as the internet beams it into their bedrooms.Even taking into account the obvious fact that teenagers are prone to exaggeration, it became alarmingly clear to me that most of these teenagers were not exaggerating their involvement with pornography.'Everyone makes porn - more people than you would expect,' an articulate sixth-former told me matter-of-factly, before describing how her 17-year-old friend had photographed herself. 'Over the holidays, I went to a party with people from my old school and one of the girls was on her bed with nothing on. She had loads and loads of makeup on, so you could see that she'd thought about it.' This girl had used her mobile phone to capture her provocative poses and sent them on afterwards, sometimes unsolicited, to boys - a disturbing trend that has been dubbed 'sexting'. 'I'm not sure exactly who she sent the photos to, but one of the boys at this school now has it.' I asked how usual it was for girls to pose provocatively, or even pornographically. 'Oh, it's really common,' she told me brightly. 'Most people who have got a social networking account will have a provocative picture.'Jessica Logan hanged herself after nude pictures were sent around her school. Her mother Cynthia (right) spoke movingly on American TV about her tragic lossProvocative, I learned from talking to teenagers and looking at their pages, means scantily clad or semi-naked (usually in underwear), sometimes posing sexually, and always pouting suggestively. 'And there's nudity,' the girl continued. 'And it's not normally the sluttier girls who do this - it's more likely to be the shy type of girl who wants to be popular. 'They're the ones who will get easily swayed by boys, because boys want to see them naked, and they think that if they show them themselves naked...' Several girls told me they were often pestered to send explicit photos of themselves to boys. 'I said no to that,' one confided. 'But I know girls who give in really easily.''It's horrifying and illegal'For the Radio 4 programme, I spoke to children from a range of public and state schools. It is certainly not the case that this behaviour is being perpetrated by those from a deprived background or those who lack intelligence. In fact, it's the privileged, supposedly brightest youngsters who are most at risk. 'What some of today's youngsters are doing is, by any civilised, contemporary standards, obscene,' says John Carr of the UK's Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety. 'It also happens to be illegal. It's a genuinely new problem which is the result of the emergence of new technology together with an increasing cultural tolerance of pornography. 'It's horrifying, and we are only now becoming aware of the full extent of the problem. 'Publishing any photograph of a child - that's anyone under 18 - which is of a sexual nature is illegal. So children who put pornographic photographs of themselves online or share the material via their mobile phones are, technically, breaking the law.'So far, 90 children in the UK have been cautioned as a result of posting sexual material of themselves or their underage friends online or on their mobile phones. This is the first generation to become sexually active with the internet, and the internet is playing its part in the process - sometimes with horrifying consequences. 'There was a notorious case not so long ago where a 13-year-old girl took a picture of herself touching herself in an intimate sexual manner,' says Mr Carr. 'She sent it to her boyfriend, who thought it would be smart to send it to five of his friends. Within a few hours, the police reckon, it was on about 1,000 different screens. 'The police managed to trace the girl through the school because she was wearing her uniform. They treated the case very seriously; but in the end they didn't prosecute her.' Jessica Logan posing in happier days. The teenager was a victim of 'sexting' One of the teenage boys I spoke to described the online humiliation of a young friend. 'It can really backfire on you, that sort of stuff,' he told me. 'Recently, a friend of mine broke up with her boyfriend. The boy was very upset and, as a result, sent a video of her to all her friends. 'Obviously she's very upset about this. I think that this sort of thing happens very often nowadays.' In the U.S., teenagers filming themselves having sex or posing provocatively are considered to be a legitimate target for prosecution by the authorities.Dr Samuel McQuade, from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, is one the leading world experts on internet safety. He is alarmed by the rapid rise in what he calls 'peer pseudo-pornography'. 'In Connecticut last autumn, a decision was made to prosecute a 12-year-old girl for allegedly having taken pictures of herself without clothes on and sending them to boys of a similar age,' says Dr McQuade. 'And this is not an isolated case. In the U.S., there have been other children who have been prosecuted. And empirical data suggests that hundreds, perhaps thousands, and maybe even more, are getting involved in this. 'Children, who are not educated about the implications of this type of behaviour, are slipping into these kinds of activities. They are egged on by their friends.''Not for the faint hearted'Today's digital youth culture is not a place for the faint-hearted. As I talked to teenagers, I began to realise that there was more than a digital divide separating us. What I see as soft pornography, totally inappropriate and disturbing for children to make or pose for, some of them see as harmless, if provocative, teenage fun. The 'sexting' craze is affecting teenage girls from all walks of lives When boys told me they had been sent pictures by girls of themselves posing topless and even naked, it seemed to most of them a bit of a joke - until I told them that looking at such material of underage girls was illegal. In the past year, there have been at least two cases where police have been called into schools after footage of pupils performing sex acts has been discovered on their phones. One involved youngsters as young as 13. One of the teenagers I spoke to acknowledged that filming sex sessions does happen. 'It's nothing to do with how you are brought up,' she said. 'It's just out there now.' David Wright is a leading online child protection officer who was called in to investigate computer use in schools after the Soham murders. He tours the South-West of England talking to parents, teachers and pupils. He believes that it's often the most well-off children - those with laptops in their bedrooms, digital cameras and wireless access in their homes - who are the most at risk.'Up to 39 per cent of parents say they have never spoken to their children about how the internet should be used,' he says. 'Police forces tell us that children at most risk online are 11 to 14-year-olds from professional families, all with internet access in their bedroom. 'You might not necessarily classify those as society's most vulnerable, but they're the ones that the police are dealing with on a weekly basis.' It usually starts at around 11 or 12 years of age. Parents who buy their children computers to help them study at secondary school often recoil in horror as they see them pout, preen and pose for that first all-important 'profile picture' for their networking site. These pictures are then uploaded to illustrate their pages on networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo. Though these sites have a minimum age requirement of 13, many parents, and most sites, appear unable to enforce this. And then there's the avalanche of pornographic material beamed onto every computer screen unless it is actively blocked. According to one U.S. software producer, 25 per cent of all the daily search engine requests are for pornographic material, and it's estimated that one in ten of all websites is pornographic. Much of the internet's professionally produced porn is available free. What was once the subject of an obscenity trial is now just two clicks away.'Stomach-turning material' Some of the children I spoke to - girls as well as boys - were accessing porn. Disturbingly, some were deliberately seeking out some of the most stomach-churning material I have ever heard of - material I hope I shall never see - and sending links to each other to view it. As a joke. It was material that made even this hardened foreign correspondent feel ill. While some of the worse stuff, involving extreme sexual violence, has been outlawed following a change in the law in January, much of it remains free-to-view and perfectly legal. In the light of this, the 'sexualisation' of young teenage and even pre-teen girls through clothes, videos and music lyrics, and a possible link with sexual abuse and violence, is to be the focus of a fact-finding review ordered by the Home Secretary. If children see this material around them, is it any wonder that they ape it when left to create their own content? Search for the words 'porn star' on the popular networking site Bebo and the results include the profiles of more than 21,000 members. That represents the number of children and adults using those words on their sites. Geoff Barton is the headmaster of King Edward VI School in Bury St Edmunds. He believes that children are living in a society with far too low a tolerance threshold for pornography. Children are being sexualised far too young, he believes. This is contributing to the emergence of their online sexual behaviour. 'Any school that says it is not an issue for them is putting their heads in the sand,' he says. 'Parents are at a loss. We need to rewrite the parenting handbook.' At one of his school assemblies, their head of IT reproduced some of the more provocative but clothed online images he could find of some of their pupils in order to shock them. 'We removed their heads from the pictures first to protect their identities, but they knew who they were,' says Geoff Barton. 'What they are doing is very, very reckless and dangerous. But it's all part of the "pornification" of a generation for whom the language and imagery of porn is used to sell everything.'In a world where even Pot Noodle is sold with sex''In a world where even an ad for Pot Noodle has to be banned for its sexual suggestiveness, how can you expect children to behave? 'It's as if we've decided to give up on the traditional demarcation between adult life and childhood. In the process, we've ditched some of our adult responsibilities. 'We need to teach children how to behave online, how to navigate the architecture of the net.' John Carr says teenagers who behave inappropriately or obscenely and post their material online could do lasting and irreversible damage to their future chances of success. 'Children feel invincible online. They believe the material they are producing is private. But they are wrong on both counts. 'We've had documented accounts of employers, and universities and colleges, trawling the net looking for information about prospective candidates. This behaviour can have longlasting effects. What goes online stays online - for ever.' There is so much to lose for these youngsters - from their dignity to their job prospects. So much, in fact, that every parent reading this should check their child's social networking site. If they won't let you take a look at their photos, ask them why. But perhaps the most precious thing of all has been lost already. And that is our children's innocence. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-...ill-parent.html Good article btw speaks alot of truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucarelli Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 women SMH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streets. Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 LOL at this happening since webcams came around in 2000.DISCLAIMER-: a.s.l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lemons Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 LOL at this happening since webcams came around in 2000.DISCLAIMER-: a.s.l Got pics?(No homosexual, obviously) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afroman Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 LOL at this happening since webcams came around in 2000.DISCLAIMER-: a.s.l LOL..On a serious note. Webcams have enrolled a new wave of trainee hoes.Real question is are chicks living their fantasy now it easier and accessible to do so OR Chicks of today are under serious pressure against the majority(media/celebs)/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badman Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 females love the attentionI can guarantee that if a female has in her posession a, webcamorb, at least 1.3 mega pixel camera phonewithc, an email account or an account with a social networking websitethen theres95% chance that she would have taken nude pics of herself65% chance she would have sent pics to a friend or another person35% chance she would have filmed a homemade sex tape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streets. Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 95% chance that she would have taken nude pics of herself to send to a boyfriend at some stage in her life.20% chance she would have filmed a homemade sex tape or been filmed by a boyfriend doing something sexual.true.LMAO @ them "nah man my wifey aint into that sh*t" guys. Then when she has a virus on her PC they go into program files and notice the Logitech Folder thats been sent to hidden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojo Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 95% chance that she would have taken nude pics of herself to send to a boyfriend at some stage in her life.20% chance she would have filmed a homemade sex tape or been filmed by a boyfriend doing something sexual.true.LMAO @ them "nah man my wifey aint into that sh*t" guys. Then when she has a virus on her PC they go into program files and notice the Logitech Folder thats been sent to hidden. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Triple XXX Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 lol everytime they mentioned sexting i jus laughedbt yea, i need to get involved with these rich porno bitches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WAVESURFER Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 It's a next ting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkingthuglife Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 lol everytime they mentioned sexting i jus laughedbt yea, i need to get involved with these rich porno bitchesya get me all about the poshies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalie Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 95% chance that she would have taken nude pics of herself to send to a boyfriend at some stage in her life.20% chance she would have filmed a homemade sex tape or been filmed by a boyfriend doing something sexual.true.LMAO @ them "nah man my wifey aint into that sh*t" guys. Then when she has a virus on her PC they go into program files and notice the Logitech Folder thats been sent to hidden. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLovely Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I'll never forget the time when someone posted my sisters old friends profilepic on here and had pics of her tits an wt not. SMHLOL @ my mum having words wid her. Now the girls got a yout.....surprise surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streets. Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I'll never forget the time when someone posted my sisters old friends profilepic on here and had pics of her tits an wt not. SMHLOL @ my mum having words wid her. Now the girls got a yout.....surprise surprise.its very rarely that girls turn loose later in life. once they are loose when young, the seed has been set for life**only exceptions are when the girl moves off ends and changes number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I remember being round my mates house before and we got the girl across the street to get naked but she only thought it was one of us there. We abused her for months afterwards. Dunno why people hang themselves over it tho lol. They took the pics in the first place. Reminds me of the time a girls photo got sent around the school and someone went it to the teacher on bluetooth haha. pissed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojo Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Reminds me of the time a girls photo got sent around the school and someone went it to the teacher on bluetooth haha. pissed.Oh gosh.This chick I know decided she wanted to get into doing porn, she did two vids and didn't like it.Her lil bro went to school one day and saw video clips of his sis getting sent around, even teachers were involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARLO STANSFIELD Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 f*ck having a daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vtec Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Reminds me of the time a girls photo got sent around the school and someone went it to the teacher on bluetooth haha. pissed.Oh gosh.This chick I know decided she wanted to get into doing porn, she did two vids and didn't like it.Her lil bro went to school one day and saw video clips of his sis getting sent around, even teachers were involved.that is trauma for the rest of his life. basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simply D Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 f*ck having a daughter.Co Motherf*cking Sign!!its too much headache n drama man. Males are bastards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhhhhhh8 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 'Sexting' Old people >> ___ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurious Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 i got some pics i could make some change off of still, save em 4 Makmoud on a rainy day how she committing suicide any weak being Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismooth Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 how can girl be so weak minded 2 commit sucide . no remorse for these bitches acting stupid. if you dont want 2 send nude pics 2 anotha guy just dont do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Somalian Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 got that naked pic of the girl who topped herself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowFace Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 this article is way over the top imo, come like its a national crisis and coming up wit bullshit like this:'Police forces tell us that children at most risk online are 11 to 14-year-olds from professional families, all with internet access in their bedroom.'smh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacardi_Up Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Couldn't be bothered to read.If they do that and get exposed that's them, deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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