When young people reach puberty and their bodies begin to mature sexually, they cannot help but be interested in romance. It’s natural. Both girls and boys think about how to make themselves attractive to potential partners. This is why it is also natural for flirting and sexual talk to go on in high schools. It can become offensive sometimes, but most kids can handle it because the students are all about the same age, maturity, and experience level. It’s also normal for teens to flirt and talk with their classmates about sexual matters online.
But there are enormous problems with teens getting involved in sexual relationships with adults. For one thing, it’s illegal. Why is this true even if the sex is something the teen agrees to?
The law recognizes that it is impossible for sex between an adult and a minor to really be mutual because of the older person’s power over the younger person. The law recognizes that, in our society, adults are often seen as being in a position of power or authority. The law also recognizes that when a teen has sex with an adult there can be a negative impact on the healthy sexual and emotional development for the younger person. So the law tries to prevent this from happening to a younger person.
You might think it’s just having fun to test out your power to be sexy online. You might also think about talking about sex to online acquaintances and posting sexy photos of yourself for strangers to see. But these are risky
behaviors. They can result in you receiving crude comments you aren’t prepared for and don’t want. Or it might feel romantic at the time. But going further and meeting face to face can harm you emotionally later.
Source: CyberSmart Curriculum
In response to this post please comment on the following:
Do you think that our laws regarding cyber safety go too far as far as young people are concerned? If so, how and what are your suggesting for changing the law.
If you do not think the laws regarding cyber safety go too far explain why.
If you think our laws need to stricter explain why and how you see these news laws.
Please be very specific in your responses. Give full sentences and well formed ideas.
I think the law is a good law becuse old poeple with young poeple is creepy. i think the laws are good for right now.
ReplyDeletei thnk that law is fine for now but when yound people and old people to gether thats just gross
ReplyDeleteThe laws regarding cyber saftey don't go to far because what happens when the person your talking to turns out to be a pedophile then you could be in serious trouble
ReplyDeleteCasey pollins
ReplyDeleteI think that are rules about cyber bulling now are good I think it is just the people they never report the situation and it causes all of the problems for people.
No, I think that they keep us safe and restrict us from doing things that can have a potentially damaging effect on our futures. I think that the laws we have now are fine, as long as everyone abides by them, but i think that the punishment for adults should be kind of severe, like a couple years in jail because they are putting a lasting effect on the kids that they are having a "relationship" with.
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I don’t think that the laws for cyber safety go too far, they are good laws to have to protect us.
I think that because if we didn’t have all the laws about cyber safety then a lot more teens would be out there and getting in a lot of trouble online. While these laws right now are scaring kids from doing anything to bad but if we didn’t have them then every teen would be doing stuff stupid. Teens are scared to get into a lot of trouble so with the laws that we have now, there is barely anyone not listening to the cyber safety laws.
Erin Jacobs
ReplyDeleteOctober 26, 2011
I don’t think the cyber safety laws go too far. I’ve never had problem with any of the laws, and i’ve never been stopped from doing something online that i’ve wanted to do. The cyber safety laws are there to protect us, and if they’ve stopped us from doing something, it’s probably for our own good. Online predators are just looking to hurt teenagers, and these laws protect us. They aren’t meant to make us feel like children, but to protect us from somebody bigger than us.
Samantha Herbster
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I don’t not think the laws go to far.
I think if we didn’t have laws about cyber safety than a lot of teens would be getting in trouble online. The laws show kids that what you do is serious and you don’t need to act dumb on the internet.
Emily Mueller
ReplyDeleteOctober 26, 2011
No I do not think that the laws are too strict. the laws are a good idea because First of no one needs to have a sexual relationship till there married and hope fully they are older than 18 when they do get married.
Lucas Moede
ReplyDeleteOctober 26, 2011
No I do not think that our laws regarding cyber safety go too far as far as young people are concerned. The reason why I don’t think our laws regarding cyber safety go too far is because if the laws weren’t as strict then people could probably do more things on the computer then you could and should mot do today.
Gloria Chun
ReplyDeleteOctober 26th, 2011
I don't believe that our laws regarding cyber safety go to far as far as young people are concern for many reasons. First of all, it protects teens from things that can hurt them, physically, emotionally, and socially. Also, if these laws were not in place, predators would go even farther than the damage they do today. Another reason I personally believe is that no one should be in a relationship with a person who is over 10 years older or younger, because they cannot relate as well as people in the same age group. Finally, the laws are in place to protect us. They don't go to far, because most people never have been affected by them, and the people who are affected are protected and thankful they are. If it was alright to have this type of relationship, then the outcomes would not be so negative.
Jessica Brobst
ReplyDeleteNo I do not think that our laws go too far regarding cyber safety because these laws help to keep us safe from predators. If it were not for these laws many people could be hurt physically, mentally, and socially. These laws protect us so that we may live healthy lives and not have to be worried who is out there. The laws are not meant to make us feel like little kids, they are just there to keep us safe.
Kaly Mitchell
ReplyDeleteNovember 3, 2011
I think that law is alright for right now but I think that when young kids and older people get together its gross and wrong also against the law for that to be like that.
Hope Cornprobst
ReplyDeleteNovember 8, 2011
I don't think that the laws reguarding young people on cyberspace are too controling. I think that it gives the rules for the right amount of privacy. Allowing teenagers and young adults to post too much information online for the whole world to see can end up in a bad reputation or even worse, someone becoming too interested and trying to find you. I believe that the sexuality of a person's body is not something to be taken lightly and given away for all the cyber world to know about. Besides, family members and future bosses could easily see that kind of information and that can lead to bad news. This law also comes contact with morals too because posting too many sexy things online is just degrading yourself and causing more trouble.
Cheslea Bauders
ReplyDeleteIn response to this post please comment on the following:
Do you think that our laws regarding cyber safety go too far as far as young people are concerned? If so, how and what are your suggesting for changing the law.
I think the law is trying to make everyone safe. But the law should be they have to be within a certain age. If there is a 18 year old dating a 17 year old that is illegal, but that’s only a year difference. I don’t think that should be illegal. They should change the law to a certain age difference.
If you do not think the laws regarding cyber safety go too far explain why.
I think they go to far because if someone wasn’t 18 yet and they were dating a 17 year old that wouldn’t be legal.
If you think our laws need to stricter explain why and how you see these news laws. I don’t think they should be stricter.
No, I do not believe that the laws regarding cyber safety go too far, because it has been proven time after time that young people need these laws for their safety and wellbeing. Cyber bullying is dangerous and kids don’t always realize the consequences until they experience it. If the only way we can protect our youth from society is by strictly enforcing laws, then so be it. I don’t see that too much freedom is being taken away by these laws. I think that it’s a fair trade to follow the laws to protect yourself from the dangers cyber bullying could potentially make you face.
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