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More "sexting," more suicide

PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:16 pm
by phio gistic
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34236377/ns ... ay_people/

Hope Witsell was just beginning the journey from child to teen. The middle-school student had a tight-knit group of friends, the requisite poster of “Twilight” heartthrob Robert Pattinson and big plans to become a landscaper when she grew up.

But one impetuous move robbed Hope of her childhood, and eventually, her life. The 13-year-old Florida girl sent a topless photo of herself to a boy in hope of gaining his attention. Instead, she got the attention of her school, as well as the high school nearby.

The incessant bullying by classmates that followed when the photo spread put an emotional weight upon Hope that she ultimately could not bear.

Hope Witsell hanged herself in her bedroom 11 weeks ago.


More and more teen girls are giving in to pressure to send porn pics of themselves

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEXTING_POLL

Pop star Rihanna was humiliated when her boyfriend shared naked pictures of her, but says "if you don’t send your boyfriend naked pictures, then I feel bad for him"

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/12/01 ... arrassing/

Jessica Logan's family files suit over her 2008 "sexting" suicide

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2009 ... to+suicide