ERECTION DAY

     I saw this story yesterday and since nothing today topped it, I need to share with you how screwed up in the head some people are. Oh, but we already knew that didn't we? That's why you're here reading this blog! Anyway, a 17-year-old Virginia teen, who was under investigation for sending a consensual sext (sexual text message) to his 15-year-old girlfriend, may be forced to have an erection in front of police as evidence for the case. 

     The boy, who remains unidentified, is being charged with two felonies--one for possession of child pornography (the sexts that he received from his girlfriend) and one for manufacturing child pornography (videos he took of himself). He faces time in prison, as well as a permanent place on the sex offender registry. Wait a minute! So, when you're 17, you're no longer allowed to date a 15-year-old? Excuse my French, but are you f**king kidding me? Let the kids be kids. When I was 17, which was a long time ago, juniors and seniors were always messing around with the freshman and sophomores. I mean I guess texting it to each other might have been a bad idea and since we didn't have that sort of technology back in my day, we just did it in person. What is this world coming to that now a 17-year-old can't date a 15-year-old without being charged criminally with prison time. I just don't get this!

     Here's the best part; police have already taken photos of the boy's genitals as part of their investigation, but they want to bring the teen to the hospital and inject him with something that will force him to have an erection to compare his penis to the penis found on the video on his phone. WHAT? This is outrageous! How is the law allowing this to happen? Last I checked, this boy was still a minor and now police are taking photos of his penis? Sounds more like an "investi-GAY-tion" on the police end. And injecting him with something to force an erection? Um, he's 17-years-old! The wind will do that! Come on! Let the kids be kids!

     As technology advances and teens find new ways to express their sexuality, legislators and law enforcement are grappling with how to deal with things like sexting. At least 20 states have criminalized sexually explicit messages between teens. There seems to be a perception that sexting has dangerous implications for young people. Meanwhile, the amount of manipulative sexting is on the decline. These are nice stats and all, but if you ask me the real criminals here are the police department taking photos of the 17-year-old boys penis. This boy should not have any criminal charges upon him. He was privately interacting with his girlfriend who is only 2 years younger than he his. If you ask me, I see an invasion of privacy by the police along with manufacturing child porn themselves. This whole story is absolutely absurd. That's why I needed to share. What do you think?