LJ Idol - Week 20 - whisper

[ravenshrinkery]

This is a sequel to my original Suicide Kings story.

The Revenge of the Suicide Kings

Comments

[comedychick]

I think this sort of thing is all too common. The photographs being circulated, I mean. I read an article in a magazine here in Malaysia last year that pretty much warned females not to let their partners take such photos because you don't know what will happen with them, especially in the event of a breakup.

[ravenshrinkery]

I would guess half of the amateur photos submitted on various websites were done without the clear and active consent of the person who submitted them. However in the US we have a bigger problem - child porn is child porn, and the fact that the subject took the picture themselves is sometimes no defense. In other words, it's a federal crime to take a picture of yourself nude if you're under 18, and unless the recipient can claim they did not solicit it AND attempted to get rid of it upon recognition they are guilty of possession. It's fucked up here.

[comedychick]

Well, I can kind of understand the strictness of it, even if I was someone who chose to do that at 17. Looking back on it now, I don't think it's a decision I should have made at the time.

[ravenshrinkery]

Maybe now I can leave a comment!

In a way it's a case of it's not just a law - it's a good idea. When you're a minor nothing good can come of having pictures like that distributed. Maybe grown adults can be (I know someone who does, but they never touch the Internet and live in an encrypted archive on a flash drive on her keychain), but given teenage relationships...

As far as the law goes, often the Feds won't get involved. If they don't, then state laws will apply, and in many states the laws are being amended to cover this situation. Having nude pictures distributed is embarrassing - being a convicted sex offender and having to register as one will wreck your life.

[shadowwolf13]

I'm really glad that things like that didn't happen when I was in school. That was before cells became so popular though.

[ravenshrinkery]

Same here. Although I worry about the current generation some. There's a distinct difference that happened somewhere around 2000 and the rise of the Internet - teenagers now have and often obtain access to hardcore porn as teenagers. It used to take a lot more effort to get that kind of stuff and usually required the help of someone's dirty parent or an older brother. This can't be good.

[xo_kizzy_xo]

There's a case similar to this I heard somewhere recently, except the photo in question was circulated to other schools and a FB page was made of "The Slut", as she was coined. The person who initially circulated it only got the proverbial slap on the wrist because of his/her age. There was also a sidenote where several teenagers were interviewed and they said it was "no big deal" and that us adults were making more of a deal about it than necessary.

Of course none of them were ever branded "The Slut".

Words really fail me sometimes.

[ravenshrinkery]

The thing is reactions are all over the map on how seriously a school will take anything. When I was in high school a girl was kicked out over having vodka, and a different one for Tylenol (although in that case state law is very clear here that no medication, even OTC, can be in possession of a minor at school). But smoking tobacco was something they didn't care about, even if it meant kids were being late to classes for it.

There was also the kid with a swiss army knife in the glovebox of his car who got suspended for having a weapon. He was an Eagle Scout. I was a fighter in middle school, but nothing ever happened to me even when I busted a kid's nose in self-defense. But a blowjob in a bathroom got SHE got kicked out. It was the girls' lavatory. Oh, and a racially motivated beating got the attention of a local TV station, and the principal ran into her office with her tail between her legs. They aired the footage.

Schools don't make sense. At least mine didn't.

[i_17bingo]

Not only will they convince you to stick around, but they'll help plot social justice. This is one hell of a good group.

Curious, though, what if Rachel reached the point where she needed this kind of intervention?

[ravenshrinkery]

That's an interesting what-if. Essentially I've written her out of this plot though, and in my notes, had her leaving the area to live in some sort of bad girls home.

[beeker121]

I just closed a play where one of the plot points was a sex tape of high school students so I know more about this topic than I'd like. High school was hard enough when I was there, with facebook and cell phones and so many things that mean you never get to start over really it's just getting worse.

I'm a little confused if Rachel got caught for anything or not, though.

[ravenshrinkery]

Oh, she did. The "water bottle" had vodka in it.