Sexting:Some Things To Consider

So for the most part, we all like to take pictures, whether it be of ourselves,others, or other things. Then you have those groups of people who really like to take pictures of themselves. You know the type. They have possibly a thousand tagged pictures on their Facebook profiles, with at least one third of those pictures taken with their own cameras in various locations:their bathroom, mirror in their room, etc etc. These pictures typically show off new hairstyles, show off new clothes, and just simply show off.

Occasionally, for reasons I must not understand, these people start taking pictures of themselves naked. Some take more naked pics than others but the point is there’s naked pictures of them in existence. My thought process has always been that I have a pretty good idea of what I look like naked, so I really don’t have any reason to take pictures of myself without any clothes.Obviously celebrities also seem to be more prone to taking these kinds of photos, but then again they’re constantly having pictures snapped of them anyway, so I guess they get tired of seeing themselves in clothing also??

Anyway, So what tends to happen with these naked pictures? Usually they find their way to a boyfriend/girlfriend’s camera, email, etc for any number of reasons, with sexting being at the top of the list of causes.

For those unfamiliar with the term ‘sexting’ I took a definition from Urban Dictionary that sums it up pretty well:

When a guy and a girl send dirty text messages back and forth to each other. Pictures may also be included, but only if you’re lucky.

So say you happen to be one of those people that enjoys ‘sexting.’ You got a boo you’ve been with for a while and you guys love to send freaky messages back and forth to each other and one day your boo asks you to send them a picture of yourself naked for whatever reason. You either have some already on deck or you’re about to run to the closest place with a mirror so you can send the requested pictures. But before you do that here are two things you may want to consider..

1.) You do know they’re going to show/tell someone else right? No seriously. I’m not sure what would convince you that they are going to be the only person that sees/hears about whatever you’re about to send. Not going to happen. Why? Because people like to brag about their significant others whether they realize it or not. Everybody does it to some extent. I mean somebody has to know about the first kiss, special dates, the evaluation of sexual ability, etc and the naked pictures are no exception. So if you’re lucky, the person you’re sending these pictures to has enough respect of you and your relationship to not show anybody how you look naked, but just know that once you hit send you’re running that risk.

2.) If you two break up EVERYBODY is going to see them: This is something that will almost always happen. I say almost always because in the rare case that you have a respectable breakup, the person who has the pics may delete them off their phone… either that or you have pics of them also which you can use as a bargaining chip to get your pictures deleted. Again celebrities provide a perfect example of this being true. Vanessa Hudgens, Cassie, Rihanna, Chris Brown just to name a few. I don’t think I can count on one hand how many pictures friends have showed me of their exes who they ‘can’t stand.’ So again, you should think long and hard about all of this before you decide to take it all off on camera for someone you ‘trust.’

In Conclusion I’m not saying that sexting or sending naked pictures or even taking naked pictures is bad, just know that the last two pose a huge risk of your naked body hitting the Internet, where it can never, ever be deleted. So I guess the real question is if it’s actually worth it?