New Study Suggests Lower Sex Threat Online

[Thresher_V]

Just finished the article and was curious as to what others thought. I trust it, as most people tend to only notice a problem when the media covers it.

I believe them most in Myth #2....latley in the news they're have been a lot of family murders......to me, that is a bigger problem. We all know they're predators out there, but the home is supposed to be a safe sanctuary.

http://www.livescience.com/health/08...-predator.html

[sera300]

What are you referencing???

[Thresher_V]

I knew I missed something.....it's been one of those days...

[sera300]

Originally Posted by Thresher_V

I knew I missed something.....it's been one of those days...

We all have "those days"!!!

[chibacochoke]

thanks : ) ill be sending this to my paranoid parents who think the internet is a hotspot for finding drugs and sex and that all forums have 40 yr old rapists who all want to lure me out and kill me.

[-wittyphrasehere-]

It's a good article.
Unlike what the newspapers spew out, your most likely to be raped, kidnapped, etc from inside the home, not some random stranger.

It's funny, my Sociology class had a discussion about this.
Most youth that are preyed on online usually come from lower income, fractured housing.
Maybe the nonsense the newspapers spew is a cover for the faults in the structuring of society?
I personally don't believe it fully, but how easy is to tell the difference between mere coincidence and someone pulling strings behind the scenes?

[sera300]

Originally Posted by -wittyphrasehere-

It's a good article.
Unlike what the newspapers spew out, your most likely to be raped, kidnapped, etc from inside the home, not some random stranger.

It's funny, my Sociology class had a discussion about this.
Most youth that are preyed on online usually come from lower income, fractured housing.
Maybe the nonsense the newspapers spew is a cover for the faults in the structuring of society?
I personally don't believe it fully, but how easy is to tell the difference between mere coincidence and someone pulling strings behind the scenes?

Agendas....

[Thresher_V]

Just shock value....societies jump from one cause to another. Even disasters are media events now. People only care so long as it's in the news, after that....eh. That's why the people of Louisiana are still suffering....the media found new things to suck people's attention.

[sera300]

Originally Posted by Thresher_V

Just shock value....societies jump from one cause to another. Even disasters are media events now. People only care so long as it's in the news, after that....eh. That's why the people of Louisiana are still suffering....the media found new things to suck people's attention.

People have forgot about this region, the aftermath of Katrina/Rita. Many are so concerned about saving those outside of the US; they have completely overlooked the failure of the US government to assist those still living in tents and bacteria infested trailers. Thank you FEMA. Many people are under the impression this has been cleaned up & conditions are so unsanitary--it's mimicking a third world country at best.

[machine_rat]

This reminds me of how I heard on the news a couple years ago the child abduction was at an all time low... yet the media coverage of each one was som much higher that it made everyone believe that there was some sort of epidemic.

Call it a conspiracy theory if you like, but my take was that it was a way to get every parent out there afraid that their child might be kidnapped. Driven by fear, parents would then take drastic steps to prevent that from happening, even so far as to implant biometrics in their children. Either radio frequency identification (RFID) chips or ones with GPS locating. Thus further entrenching us in a paranoid surveilence society.