Rapex

In my class we were talking about abortion and how in the U.S everyone seems to think they know everything about it and know for a fact if it should be a legal or not…but what the U.S citizens don’t understand is that the women overseas have to have abortions to stay alive. Abortions are one of their few lifelines. Women are so often raped over there and not having the resources they need to have a safe pregnancy and birth of their child that a lot of women need the abortion because of difficult pregnancy or just because they are so young and can’t afford to bring a child into this world. I recently found out about Rapex, it is a device that helps women from being raped and to help the abortion rate go down. It is cylinder device that goes into the woman’s uterus and when the man penetrates it goes into the device but the teeth of the device sink into the man’s penis and can only be removed by a doctor for him, but for her she can slip the device out and get away. Think of it as a zip-tie. This device is more used in South Africa. Some people are thinking that this a horrible device because it is telling women that they have to adapt to rape, but if you are in a place that doesn’t have condoms or birth control or anyway to protect yourself from this harmful act then you aren’t adapting you are protecting yourself the only way you know how to.

Sexting

Sexting has become a hot topic in the past months with CBS and CNN having a news report done on the subject. Theses Television reports showed that 3 male high school classmates in Pennsylvania were charged with child pornography from receiving the sex text messages from 3 girls. It has also been recognized that 20 percent of teens participate in sexting and the problem is that the few teens that have been caught with these nude or semi nude pictures have been charged with child pornography and can be facing a lot of time in jail. Not saying kids should not be punished for this crude behavior, but it seems that this punishment is only happening to few kids when the rest of the high school is doing it. I also think if they are going to punish so harshly then in my opinion they should check everyone’s cell phone and/or everyone should be reported for this act of crime. I have also found out that a lot of these pictures that are sent are not from girls or guys that are aware of the picture being taken. A lot of them are being taken in locker rooms with other children thinking it would be a funny joke to do this. Something needs to be done about this, but I think it is a little harsh to be convicted of being a sexual predator for the rest of their life. The male that was on the CNN report says when he has to explain that he is a sexual predator it looks bad but when he turns 40 and people here this they will automatically think the worse not knowing that it was something stupid he did in high school and regrets. He says it will look 100x worse. I agree that he was punished and think he should be on the list with parole but I think he should be taken off the list after a certain amount of time. I think the government should put a little more thought into how to punish these kids.