Morris, A. (2011, January). They know what boys want. New York Magazine. Retrieved February 10, 2011, from http://nymag.com/news/features/70977/.
This article starts out with an inappropriate picture of a tween. This picture is not the only one in the article. The author uses the pictures, that were found on the Internet, examples of what tweens are posting and are willing to do for the opposite sex. In the first example given, the girl felt that her pictures were not inappropriate, whereas her boyfriend felt that they needed to come down. The girl said no because she found that there was nothing wrong with the pictures she had posted to Facebook. Near the end of the article the author discusses the easy of using the Internet for this generation of tweens. They have grown up using the Internet, and do everything via the Internet including telling each other important things like “I Love You.”
I found that this article provided some wonderful examples of how tweens feel about sexting pictures, social media tools, and chatting online. Personally, I could not understand how the first girl thought her pictures were alright and deserved to be kept online after the comments that were posted. I can understand the right to tell your boyfriend that he has no control over what you do since you are independent, but he had a point about the pictures attracting the wrong people. The pictures seen in this article are shocking. These girls are young and should not be poised as they are, and after media coverage of celebrity pictures being leaked one would think that these young tweens would understand that they should not be sending pictures of themselves to others or posting them online. This is another reason why the Internet needs to be a main part of a school’s curriculum.
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