[AFP] Youths exchanging nude photos of themselves over mobile phones – known as “sexting” – should not face child pornography charges, as some have in the United States, a humanities conference heard.Peter Cumming, an associate professor at York University in Toronto, presented a paper on children’s sexuality at the 78th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences defending the practice as a modern variation on “playing doctor or spin-the-bottle”.”Technology does change things, and there can be very serious consequences,” Professor Cumming said.
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http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2522669,00.htmlAlso see:Sexting just teens exploring their sexuality, child-culture expert says
Teens who use cellphones to disseminate suggestive messages and images are just doing what teens have always done — exploring their sexuality — a researcher in child and youth culture says.”Sexting” is neither a phenomenon, a craze nor an epidemic, says Peter Cumming, co-ordinator of the Children’s Studies Program at York University, who spoke Tuesday at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Carleton University.
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