An 18-year-old Cincinnatti teen named Jessica Logan committed suicide after her ex-boyfriend emailed around naked cell phone photos of her. The AOL teen site Lemondrop reports:
Logan was harassed daily by other girls calling her "slut" and "whore" and throwing objects at her.She finished high school last year and went on national television with her face and voice distorted to warn other girls about the potential consequences of taking naked photos of themselves.... But two months later, after attending a funeral for another teen who had committed suicide, Jessica went home and took her own life...
"Sexting" and online bullying may be relatively new, but girls tormenting other girls over their alleged promiscuity has been around forever.
Teen girls face tremendous pressure to be sexy and sexual, and yet they're ridiculed if they go too far (and, of course, there's no clear set of teen rules about what constitutes too far).
Yes, the girls who mocked her make me want to vomit but how about some outrage about the ex-boyfriend? According to a survey by National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 15 percent of boys said they sent around such pictures after a break up.
It's bad and stupid for the girls to let themselves be photographed naked but isn't what the boys are doing about ten times worse?
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This has outraged me and many others.. and a very good point is made. Where does the boyfriend come in? He is the main one behind it all and even sent out her personal pictures, the one she had trusted him with. Even more so this is what happened when her mother didn't quite take her daughter seriously until it was too late. Adults just don't seem to take in what they say -- and all because they have no job or aren't 25? But I believe her mother tried, in the end it was just to much. I wish nothing but guilt to those girls and the boy that did this to her. Jesse Logan didn't deserve this, I mean think if that was your child being push so far as to take her life. I thank her mother and Jesse for making this all public to teach others about the pain it has caused.. to try and stop this madness. It is a shame and I feel for her family, they're in my prayers.
** By the way, I am simply a 13 year old from a small town. Please think and take hurting teens, children really, seriously when they seek your help.
==Where does the boyfriend come in?==
He shouldn't have sent out the pictures.
== He is the main one behind it all ...==
No, he isn't.
None of this would've happened, had the girl not posed for the pictures. The lack of Morals led her to pose for the pictures.
==... and even sent out her personal pictures, the one she had trusted him with.==
She should have had better sense. She didn't.
Mr. Incredible,
Her death could have been prevented had her boyfriend had the sense of keeping intimate-private conversation to himself. Obviously, he had no common sense to take pride for how his girlfriend was trying to satisfy him. Yes, it was a dumb move by the girl, but how old was she? Not even old enough to drink alcohol legally. On average, people who reach that legal age have proven NOT to be too bright, Mr. Incredible.
There is just a boundary as to how stupid you can be to not know what is right and what is wrong. She was wrong for sending him a photo of herself, but she sent it ONLY to him. What about the boy? Was he right for sending the photos out to everyone else? Does two wrong make a right? Is it cool after you have sex with a girl to go around and tell ALL your friends the details about it? Do you FEEL more of a MAN to brag about your sexual encounters with your girlfriend or wife? What's the difference between this and receiving nude photos of your significant other and passing the photo around to everyone? None, both are under the same frame of intimacy.
Are you not suppose to be trusting your significant-other who you may be sleeping with in the first place? I can see your point about "lack of morals" to mean something if she was with a bunch of different boys, but this was shared only to one other person.
The "MORAL" of this message is that both parties had FAILED to be responsible and the consequence caused by the girl's SIGNIFICANT other led to the eventual death of the girl's existence.
Please study a little bit about depression and about relationship before you attack the subject. I believe you are one of those who think you are stronger than everyone, but yet you feel the need to put everyone down. Mr. Incredible, I explain to you because your thoughts and intension may have been appropriate under other circumstances but this was definitely not it.
why are these girls sending these photos out. Have a little dignity. I mean I have a 14 yr old boy who received 10 photos of a girl topless, unfortunatly, he sent them to 5 friends. Now he is facing felony charges, being labled a sex offender and being expelled from school. These photos were not sent at school. Her parents are threatening to press charges. I think it is both their fault. Kids need to be educated about what can happen or will happen. It is completely crazy to face these charges. Some sex offenders don't even get this treatment when they should. Also, I guess I should press charges for their daughter sexting these photos to my also "sweet innocent" son.
The root is the girl taking the pictures. If they never took the pictures the guys could not spread them. All the blame should be on the girl for being stupid and the guy should bare none.
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