Pornography
has become one of the most seductive drugs among the teenagers these days.
Teenagers who are just barely at their teens are more exposed to sexually
explicit content with the rise of free sexually explicit materials on the net
these days. More users who watch pornography on net are more vulnerable to
depression.
Charlie,
11 year old boy who used to surf sexually explicit sites regularly was the
latest victim of darks side of it. Cheerful, friendly a junior school kid who
was good at school, popular with his classmate who loved football and also
plays for school team was completely changed after he regularly visited porn
site. He was moody, depressed, withdrawn. Moreover, he didn’t used to sleep at
night, lost his appetite; his eyes looked like hollow. He was completely
transformed." I hate myself”, “Charlie is shit" this is what he used
to write in his books, newspaper even in his bedroom furniture. He used to draw
obscene cartoons with vulgar speech bubbles. After his odd and changed
behavior, his mother took him to the doctors but doctor sent him home stating
that he is physically well. Regarding Charlie odd behavior His mother thought
it was all because of the family issue at home as she and her husband were
going through some rough times.
Fortunately,
one night his mother caught him red handed watching sexually explicit content
on net. As she checked his laptop, it was all full of sexual content where a
couple were having sex.11 year old boy like Charlie who has no access to credit
card to view porn had been engaged in porn site weeks after weeks which has
become reality among most of the teenagers today. Sadly after Charlie’s mom
found out that her son has become addicted to porn, she along with her husband
console their son that such porn related content was wrong and they love him
very much still and would do anything to make him better and normal 11 year old
boy again. They took his computer and even Charlie was glad to get rid of it.
He began to continue his normal life again and this time without porn. He was
given counseling on the NHS.Now,3 years after this Charlie is smiling like he
used to and his parents are glad that they were successful in getting their old
cheerful boy back.
The
above given incident is just a small example of many children who at this time
should be focused on books or cartoons are exposed to porn at their early age.
With the rise of free porn today on net, more children and teenagers are
becoming the victim of pornography.
"Sexting"
is another new trend among the youth where teenagers and youth find themselves
addicted in sharing their own naked pictures via cell. This new Sexting trend
is combination of two mixture; "teenagers" and
"technology". According to survey, about twenty % of American youth
who are above between thirteen and seventeen years have send their half naked
pictures over the phones.
Earlier this month, a fourteen year old boy was arrested after he posted
porn movie of himself and his girlfriend in social network. Such incidents are
becoming national problems in both developed and developing countries.
Becky
Stevens another 15 years old teenager claims to have sex with 40 strangers,
ranging from teenagers to married man as old as 40 years. All these men were
the one whom Becky found on the net while chatting. She used to visit at least
7 dating site at night where she used to seek sex from strangers. After
chatting on net, the couple used to meet outside and have sex. This also
indicates that wrong use of internet has become a channel or medium to seek sex
partners.
Becky Steven,a 15 years old was engaged in sex for past 6 months with 40 men that she found on dating site. |
Now, Becky after 6 months of sexual encounter with strangers has
confessed of having sex with stranger and she regrets in doing so. After her
dark past, Becky wants to give advice to other young girls that never to have
sexual encounter with strangers that they find on net. Once you get used to it,
it’s very hard to stop, she further claims.