Thursday, February 8, 2007
Keep your pants on until you're ready and in love, Demonboy
Barbara Ehrenreich tells a humorous tale of a near cybersex experience with a fourteen year old boy. Yes, haha, pedophilia sure is a hoot. But between Demonboy’s requests to undress and thigh licking, a disturbing thought comes to mind. Though Ehrenreich rolled her eyes and chalked up his odd sexual proclivities to youth, plenty of otherwise normal adults would be aroused, both by his aggression and his age. For every one person whose skin crawls at the thought of fourteen year olds being sexual, there are plenty who seek it. And the anonymity of things like chatrooms means that teenagers can pretend to be adults, and vice versa. When my family first got AOL, I remember my sister and I creating fake names and ages- and, as many from my generation can attest to, I was awashed in the various sexual solicitation each of those fake identities warranted. I was, without question, a child. But, after enough time exploring chatrooms, I learned enough from disturbing messages to act much older. Enter Demonboy, whose decidedly conservative conversation showed plenty about his internet background. A fourteen year old boy knows as much about foreplay as a large fish. I’m sure Demonboy learned thigh licking from someone much older, and probably much more experienced. It makes me wonder- how has the internet and the availability of conversation with sexually mature adults caused young teenagers to become sexually aware younger?
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It really is a scary thought, thinking of how younger kids are becoming more sexually aware thanks to the internet. You never really understand what some people are put through until it happens to yourself. It just is sad how some people take advantage of the internet for their own sexual desires. But, that also raises an ethical question. Is it better for these people to have an outlet such as the internet rather than going out into the world and physically abusing people?
I am not particularly sure what negative outcomes arise as a result of sexual awareness in younger children. They are limited by biological bounds to be relatively unaware until puberty. After this point, isn't some level of sexual awareness necessary for development? The internet may not be the best place for this, but certainly is not always negative. This is especially true if parents use appropriate content blockers.
I would say it's mostly younger kids who get ahold of a computer with "INTERNET ACCESS" - "ooooh aaaaaahhh," and they get curious. They see some provocative ad with a lady in a red dress, and then, suddenly, their screen is at google with the image search reading "lady in a red dress," and the safe search filter off. This is when kids learn a lot more, a lot younger, than they probably should. But then again, who are we to decide? Is it better that they do these things online than in real life? Or, should they not be doing any of these things at all? Well, if they are going to be experimenting and whatnot, is it better, then, for them to learn things from the net to "be more responsible?" Is that possible?
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