Smartphones Linked to Promiscuous Teenagers

[StBishop]

What the hell am I reading?

I'm curious... I have never been approached on the internet for annonymous sex. How is that even a thing? Also, the "Los Angeles Unified School District" doesn't seem like the most diverse of statistic sources to talk about the whole teenagerdom (yes, this is now a word).

Are you a "swaglett"/Prospective "teen-mom" character?
Do you use facebook?
Are you between the ages of 13 and 20?

If you answered no to any of these questions, that is why you are not approached for sex on the internet.

It's the same as how it was done "back in my day" but insead of propositioning people on MSN and face to face at parties, it's facebook IM (or "Inboxing") and face to face at parties.

 

[Icehearted]

I have a thought; maybe our puritanically based society is maladjusted for present day westernized society?

In todays news:

Supid people do stupid things, thanks to some generic and easily targetable product that we didnt have 20 years ago.

Technology does not produce unprotected sex, being born without a working brain causes unprotected sex.

Brains aren't the problem, personal responsibility is. A teen at about 16-19 and then on into the 20s is just a child with an adult's body. I'm not making excuses for them, but we don't expect children to be responsible, reasonable, or conscientious. Add a big batch of raging hormones and freedom to be as reckless as they wish, and irresponsible as they please and this is what you get.

Making anything other than themselves a scapegoat is pathetic though. Suggesting anyone or anything else is responsible for their actions should absolve them of nothing. It's nothing less than the same pitiful excuse obese people make with fast food and weight problems, or serial rapists that blame pornography.

 

[alandavidson]

Maybe I should get that smartphone.

A few questions though:

1. Does the effect still hold after the teenage years? (I'm in my twenties and want to make sure I'm not inciting jailbait)

2. Is there an app for that?

 

[Bullfrog1983]

NEWSFLASH: Californians love having sex - also the leg bone is connected to the knee bone.

 

[Drejer43]

This proves that not people who are carefree about their sexual lives are more likely to have a smart phone, not that smart phones cause more sex

 

[SecondPrize]

Funny how Winetrobe suggests school health professionals should talk to teens about condoms when that kind of thing has been stripped from many sex-ed programs.

 

[Weslebear]

>Increased communication possibilities
>Easier contact between people
>Easier flirting/arranging dates etc
>More potential for sex

This is the most Captain Obvious thing I've seen in a long time, who funds these fucking studies.

 

[The_Waspman]

No you wouldn't. Because you wouldn't text "Down to fuck?"

You'd message something like "Hey I saw you on my friend's wall and thought you looked nice" and then if they reply positively you take it from there. You flirt, they flirt back. That's how things work.

If they don't reciprocate, then you simply close the conversation and pursue other, more profitable avenues.

And how is any of it illegal? They are of the age of consent (I assume, each to their own naturally), and once they say no you don't pursue it any longer. What will you say in court? Get all teary eyed and say HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEX WITH ME OVER THE INTERNET!!!!

And thus we enter the end of the world. Take out the entirety of face to face human interaction and where do we end up?

Fucking Pulse, thats where. We'll have demons coming out of our phones and making everyone commit suicide.

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SEE'S THIS!?!

 

[Kargathia]

As a student of statics I would like to shout the following "CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSALITY!"

Fails on this front tend to have a strong correlation with the social views of either the surveyist, or the funder, or the newspaper/magazine interpreting.

>Increased communication possibilities
>Easier contact between people
>Easier flirting/arranging dates etc
>More potential for sex

This is the most Captain Obvious thing I've seen in a long time, who funds these fucking studies.

Add basic correlation between people taking sex appeal into account when it comes to phone choice, and people having sex.

And to answer your question: "anyone who stands to profit from shouting WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!". Take your pick.

 

[IronMit]

My take on this is that at this day and age...if a teenager does not have a smartphone he just can't communicate.

That and if your parents aren't buying you a phone when your a teenager then they probably aren't letting you out at night either. Obviously not in all cases but i'm sure there is a correlation

 

[Daft Ghosty]

"CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSALITY!"

^^^ This. Nothing to see here. If you believe this story then I have a study that says people wearing shoes are more likely to be robbed then those who don't.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

This is not news. The unexpected part was really that phones would be so prevalent amongst youths to young to sign an airtime contract, now that parents buy phones for them. With teens able to communicate, access the Internet and more recently, trade pictures and videos, all without any monitoring or supervision, hormones are bound to drive many to stupidity.

As well as convenience, the other pointed benefit of digital photos is that they don't need to get taken to be developed. The ease with which such photos can be shared now is the reason that American teenage girl recently commited suicide.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

If you believe this story then I have a study that says people wearing shoes are more likely to be robbed then those who don't.

Well who's going to rob some poor bastard that can't even afford a pair of shoes?

"I cried that I had no shoes until I met a man that had no feet... because I stole his shoes, as he didn't need them."

 

[mad825]

I'm just going to throw this out here and hoping someone has already said the same thing: Correlation does not equal causation.

I suppose if we're going on the same lines of logic, every person who owns a desktop is "linked" to basement geek/nerd virgins.