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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to Tuesday's article, ''Camwhoring' puts more teens at risk of exposure'. It is indeed disturbing to see young girls posting sleazy pictures online. With technological advances, cyberspace is highly accessible to the public. It makes it easier for young people to showcase their assets to the world. My question is, why do these people seem hard up for fame?
This need for attention is especially evident in young girls competing for traffic on their webpage. Most write shallowly with weak vocabulary. They post explicit pictures of themselves to generate more hits. For some, their sexy pictures become objects that men will salivate over. There are forums which spread news like wildfire and soon, these girls rise to 'stardom' for all the wrong reasons.
True enough, if you have it, flaunt it. However, too much of anything makes it unbearable and theses youngsters are displaying signs of exhibitionism. How will their future employers view them if they stumble on galleries of these sexy pictures online? What about the lewd stares they may get from future co-workers?
Singapore is still pretty conservative after all. Does it even matter to these youngsters that their parents may not welcome the idea of their precious children getting the wrong kind of attention from the wrong kind of people?
You reap what you sow. I hope these young people will learn the difference between popularity and notoriety.
Annie Teh (Miss)
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to Tuesday's article, ''Camwhoring' puts more teens at risk of exposure'. It is indeed disturbing to see young girls posting sleazy pictures online. With technological advances, cyberspace is highly accessible to the public. It makes it easier for young people to showcase their assets to the world. My question is, why do these people seem hard up for fame?
This need for attention is especially evident in young girls competing for traffic on their webpage. Most write shallowly with weak vocabulary. They post explicit pictures of themselves to generate more hits. For some, their sexy pictures become objects that men will salivate over. There are forums which spread news like wildfire and soon, these girls rise to 'stardom' for all the wrong reasons.
True enough, if you have it, flaunt it. However, too much of anything makes it unbearable and theses youngsters are displaying signs of exhibitionism. How will their future employers view them if they stumble on galleries of these sexy pictures online? What about the lewd stares they may get from future co-workers?
Singapore is still pretty conservative after all. Does it even matter to these youngsters that their parents may not welcome the idea of their precious children getting the wrong kind of attention from the wrong kind of people?
You reap what you sow. I hope these young people will learn the difference between popularity and notoriety.
Annie Teh (Miss)
