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Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:34:41 +0000

[...] ol’ me. Gale Cengage Learning approached me a year ago about including a blog post of mine, Sexting highlights society’s issues with privacy and shame, in one of their their textbooks. I agreed to publication with a writer’s fee and copy of the [...]

By: Daniel Greene

Daniel Greene — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:01:18 +0000

Of course. I’m always happy to be quoted with proper attribution.

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By: Daniel Greene

Daniel Greene — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:14:33 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Eddie and Carole. As I said, I don’t mean to minimize the phenomenon of “sexting” and I am expressing some idealistic views. I know it’s not a perfect world, but I also believe it’s important to look beyond “the way things are” in order to realize the way things could be. As delicate as the situation might be, I have to ask you both (who both talk about predators), what harm does it do to little Jenny if some lonesome Johnny-grownup is getting pleasure from her photo? Is he going to go after the real Jenny and attack her personally? Is it possible that he would do that even if he hadn’t seen a nude photo of her? Are photographs really that damaging? Maybe the answer to all of these questions is a resounding Yes! But I have to ask them because at least it highlights all the assumptions that are being made here.

By: Carole Olsen

Carole Olsen — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:17:13 +0000

I am an author of a novel that has to do with shame & teenage pregnancy, “The Emancipation of Denny G”. I know first hand what shame can do to a life. What a teen does in their present life can certainly haunt them in the future. I was a child of the 1960′s and the main character in my book is of the same era. Getting pregnant back then was a disgrace to your family-certainly you were promiscous! This is what a skewed society dictated then. This Shame produced by Societies Rulings can stay for a lifetime with a person, stagnating them from developing into a worthwhile person-the way it was meant to be. With a lot of psycotherapy for myself (& my book character), we were able to overcome this stigma but how many stay back there & believe the society nonsense?
As for posting pics on the internet, if this was a perfect world, I would say it was just teen play. But it is not a perfect world & there are preditors awaiting around every corner it seems. Also, as I had mentioned, someone may feel shame from it… I’d hate for them to live with it-it’s too painful.
For more information on my book please go to my website:emancipationdennyg.com. The book has gotten national reviews that make it very promising to be a best seller. It does have sexual content but a mature teen can read it-with parents permission. Thanks for letting me comment.

By: Eddie Runyon

Eddie Runyon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:00:48 +0000

While you may think it is okay asa long as the teens are not being forced to take the pictures or pose for them, you are ignorning the obvious potential ramifications of such actions. These photos too often end up in the wrong hands or people who are sexual predators, perverts, and the like, who may try to track that teen down and do worse things. Most often, these types of pictures are taken and submitted based upon peer pressure (If you loved me, you would do it, etc.), or intended to be funny in a juvenile way, without any good thought being put into how it could potentially be harmful. THAT is what the big deal is. It is fine and dandy for a person to be aware of themselves sexually, be proud of themselves, etc., but we have to remember that this situation is mostly in the teen community that is causing the most outrage, and it should be. As the parent of two children myself, I know I am constantly on the outlook for issues such as this with my kids.