Why do girls send naked pictures of themselves to others?

Why is easy, women like to be noticed. Even with your values I'm sure you have a low cut top, form fitting dress, or sexy lingerie. People are more influenced by instinct than they like to admit and showing off like that is one of those instincts. Young girls have the same feelings. Of course it is inappropriate, in our society, and it is likely to lead to situations that they are not ready to handle, again, in our society.

In more primitive cultures a 16 year old girl is considered an adult. She is physically mature, knows how to gather and prepare food, and how to take care of children from helping others. That is exactly where we were a few generations ago and we still have the instincts appropriate for that world. Now of course a 16 year old girl probably can't support herself or deal with the numerous other complex issues.

The question of why the parents don't pay more attention was very judgmental. (Matthew 7:1-5) You don't know that they are not. With a 3 year old, you watch them because you pretty much can guarantee that they will make the wrong decision. Teens are different, they spend much more time out of your supervision. They usually go to school on their own, often have jobs, go to activities with friends. You can't take those things away because they need them to develop. So at some point they are going to be making decisions on their own. They may or may not be the decisions you expected. Teens start to assert their Independence and their own ideas. Teaching strict religious ideas does not stop that and often has the opposite of the desired effect. Working with teen youth groups I have seen many of them at camp, out of their parents supervision go absolutely wild. Worse than kids from other backgrounds. Rebellion is in the nature of teens and going to the opposite extreme often makes it worse. Many parents have been shocked to find out what their teens were doing that they didn't know about.

"Because I said so" and "Thou shalt not" only work with younger kids. When they approach being adults they want to understand why. What I have found works better is to start talking with them as an adviser, saving "No" for when it is really important. Sometimes they don't listen, but making a few small mistakes against your advise teaches them the value of it. Not saying no all the time shows them it is important when I do.

I have a teen daughter. She has not been taught that there is something morally wrong with her body being seen, but that it is her choice. Instead she has been taught about dressing appropriately out of respect for other people. I also have discussed with her the effect she can have and the hazard of getting a boy twice her strength wound up. There have been a couple boys that wanted to go out with her, but did not approach her respectfully and she told them no. She is making good decisions and I did not have to intercede. She is the one that will say she does not want to pose for nude pictures and is not ready for sex which is much more effective than me trying to watch her every minute. At some point every child will be on their own. I find it more comforting to know that they are making responsible decisions on their own instead of it being dependent on me to tell them right or wrong.

You are also taking it as a given that nudity is wrong or show a lack of self respect. That would be a subjective opinion that does not have universal support on a societal, logical or religious basis.

"The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve intact its splendor and its beauty... Nakedness as such is not to be equated with physical shamelessness... Immodesty is present only when nakedness plays a negative role with regard to the value of the person...The human body is not in itself shameful... Shamelessness (just like shame and modesty) is a function of the interior of a person." Pope John Paul II.

I have known a number of nude models that are strong, Intelligent and confident women. They could in no way be described as foolish, immoral or as having no self respect.

It is obviously a problem both socially and legally for a minor to be sending nude pictures of herself and it is a poor way for her to learn to relate to boys, but it is also not the end of her life. More of a mistake that she needs to learn from, hopefully with some guidance from her parents.

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Why do girls send naked pictures of themselves to others?

Totally grossed out by young girls these days. Watching Tyra Banks, and these girls have no self-respect! Why don't they value themselves and their bodies? Is anyone else disturbed by this? I saved myself for marriage, and I was always taught to cover my body and save it for that one...

Lots of problems..

1. Parents are not watching their kids close enough, or not teaching their kids to cover themselves up. If a parent finds his/her daughter taking naked pictures, she should be severely punished. Well, that is what I would do.

2. Girls do not value themselves. Their self esteem SUCKS. They think that it will get them a guy.

3. The sexualized media and society. Enough said.

4. How many times do we have a man sending naked pictures of himself? Well, we do sometimes, but not as much as the girls... Guys like their bodies more than women do and women need to be more like their male companions. Also, males don't feel like they have to take naked pictures to get a girl.

I don't know why anyone would do that. I was watching the news and a girls posted naked pics on her my space and was charged for child pornography. I don't understand why she would be charged with child porn for taking pics of herself but she was, and the girl was only 15. I know some parents that monitor there young kids time and pages on myspace, not everyone can do that.

Its sad that children are on myspace doing these things, I don't think they understand myspace is not a good place for teens. just my opinion. Theres too many crazy people on the Internet, aol chats, my space, and facebook trying to meet up with young girls and even boys, people should educate there children about the dangers of the Internet and meeting people from online.

Everyone decides for themselves whether they want to wait until marriage. Where is it written that we should save our selfs for marriage.

@@Ant boogie stop lying. Virgins are out there trust me.

People (girls, women, men, boys) being manipulated by 'Popular Culture'/'Marketing'/'Media' is their problem. They will learn or they won't.

But you cannot judge someone by the photos they take, the clothes they wear.

Your judgment of others says a lot about yourself.

Yes, it's rather sad that many girls these days have no self-respect. Whether you're 13, 21 or 35, it's always stupid to post provocative or naked photos of yourself.

Let me ask you a question: How do you feel about Playboy? It's ironic that when girls post nude photos on the Internet, they're "whores," but when girls pose for Playboy...

At the end, it's all the same! You're just another naive, little girl who has to get naked in order to get attention, someone with no self-respect, because while you claim to love and want to show off your "hot" body, you're truly tainting yourself, showing an utmost lack of respect, second to prostitution.

You shouldn't be so quick to judge parents as the only source of the problem.

While it's true that some parents do not pay enough attention to their kids, or neglect to educate them about certain things, there are other parents who DO take care of their children, instilling morals and values, yet their boy can still get a girl pregnant, or their little girl become a slut.

My mother lives in China; I live with my father and grandparents, growing up with a traditional Chinese mentality. Although I have disobeyed my family by dating, I've kept the values that I was taught - saving yourself, excelling in school, etc.

You also can't place complete blame on the media.

For example, if a show, such as Family Guy, a show that curses freely, uses an old man pedophile and shows a father, naked in front of his daughter's friends, all in a comedic sense, is on, and a parent allows his/her 11 year old child to watch it, the parent/guardian is at fault.

As my Psych teacher says, there should be a law that every parent should take a parenting course before they take home a baby!"

I don't know what religion you are, but if you're Christian you should be willing to share. Asked over and over again, Jesus said that our primary objective was to "love one another". Valuing yourself is finding love with other people. It sounds as though you were brought up in an inbred hick town, if this is so, you should get out more and discover the real message that Jesus had in store for us.

Young girls at vulnerable ages 12-24 usually have no respect for themselves whatsoever no matter what they do. Stay home and read books or go out and party. Society beats down a girls self image. I think you can agree with that. Girls are presented as only worthy if they are virgins. At the same time when interacting with guys their age they get no attention if they won't put out.

So it is either be lonely and miserable to preserve so called "worth" ( btw I think that waiting to have sex is the right thing to do for men and women alike however I am appealing to the reality of society). But virgin or not that is not anyones worth man or woman. Worth is the person you are within.

Girls sending nude pictures of themselves is disturbing but at the same time it is a result of a bigger problem. That problem is not with these poor vulnerable girls who have been told they are essentially inferior human beings than their male counterparts only realizing otherwise usually in their 30's but with the society which socializes them this way.

Obviously these girls are advertising themselves. When a girl takes camera pictures of her in nude showing her private parts and then send to others, it means she wants others to take notice of her. Obviously, there are many people in the world who will contact these girls, pay them a few dollars and make their lives miserable.

Have you seen any porn movie. You will see many teen age girls (they claim to be 18) having boobs like a 40 years old married woman and their vagina is very wide and stretched. It is because they engaged in such activity that you described.

In the end, most of them end up with miserable life. They still look young from their face but their bodies look like they have been used for 40 years .

1) Most parents don't know that their child is sending pictures of themselves.

2) Most of the teen girls think that all the boys want are their bodies.

3) they think they got it so they flaunt it.