Teenagers sexting nude images leaving it open for paedophiles

Shocking figures show teens texting nude pictures to each other of themselves. The are many dangers they refuse to take into consideration in doing so.

I was reading a report today about teenagers texting naughty pictures to each other and it actually really shocked me.

It never surprises me to read about celebrities getting caught out with nude pictures or a video of them having a romp in the bedroom appearing on the Internet.

The study revealed more than a third of teenagers have used mobiles to send sexually-explicit snaps of themselves and more than a quarter do it on a regular basis.

They send naughty snaps to their boyfriend or girlfriend despite more than half of those polled knowing of instances where the photos ended up being shared with others and or even on the Internet.

Once the pictures or video clips start to get distributed, especially when things become sour between a couple it ends up leaving someone embarrassed.

Experts warned humiliated victims are often taunted or bullied. There is also the danger of the snaps ending up in the hands of paedophiles.

Dr Andy Phippen said: "This is a significantly larger problem than we had first imagined. "It shows a population who are unconcerned about intimacy or privacy yet are ill-equipped to understand the implications of their actions."

The survey by the University of Plymouth, in Devon, and the South West Grid for Learning found 40 percent of teenagers saw nothing wrong with sending topless pictures. An astonishing 15 percent actually thought naked shots sent to be harmless.

In all, 39 per cent had shared intimate pictures or videos. Dr Phippen added: "Such practices lead to a desensitisation of young people to issues of intimacy. What is particularly worrying is the somewhat bias attitude to the subject."

Poll organiser David Wright called for schools to warn pupils of the dangers and how they can find them in a situation which may go out of control and is defiantly irreversible once they start getting distributed. He added: "We suggest sexting awareness is adopted into wider education schemes."

All this may be partially to the advance technology you get these days with your mobile phone.

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you sent a picture or a video you now hope you didn't?

Are you now constantly looking around on the Internet to see if an ex of yours has posted a picture or a video you know would leave you embarrassed?