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Sitting in the Community<br />
complex, you notice the<br />
unsupervised 12-year-old<br />
riveted to his iPhone with his<br />
wide-eyed friend looking on.<br />
Walking through the mall you<br />
see a group of young-adult<br />
ladies seemingly oblivious to<br />
surroundings as they stroll<br />
together, each focused on<br />
their cellphones.<br />
On the very last benches of<br />
the classrooms, one can easily<br />
spot students clamoring and<br />
chatting in vociferousness,<br />
while continuously staring at<br />
their phones.<br />
Stopping at the intersection<br />
you glance over and observe a<br />
crowd of grown-ups basking<br />
in the glow of their phones.<br />
Mobile phones and youth are<br />
everywhere. The question is:<br />
"What are they looking at?”<br />
There's no denying that the<br />
phenomena at hand, Sexting,<br />
is emerging as a new trend<br />
amongst the youth. Sexting<br />
refers to exchange of sexually<br />
explicit photos, images, text<br />
messages, or emails via<br />
cellphone or other means of<br />
communication. However,<br />
today, sexting makes use of<br />
different smartphone apps<br />
including Snapchat, Kik,<br />
Instagram, Vine, Viber,<br />
W h a t s A p p , F a c e b o o k ,<br />
Tinder, Blendr and Line.<br />
Selfie nude images,<br />
videos and sexually<br />
graphic texts are all<br />
examples of exchanges<br />
taking place.<br />
S E X T I N G :<br />
E V E R Y B O D Y<br />
DOES IT<br />
1 in 5 of the young-adult<br />
generation does it, according<br />
to Bill Alpert of the National<br />
Campaign to Prevent Teen<br />
and Unplanned Pregnancy.<br />
"The primary reason young<br />
people give is they say this is a<br />
fun or flirtatious activity,"<br />
Alpert says. "Girls also<br />
mention the second primary<br />
reason that they do this as a<br />
s e x y p r e s e n t f o r t h e i r<br />
boyfriends.<br />
D O W N L O A D I N G<br />
HIDDEN SEXTING APPS<br />
Secret sexting apps have been<br />
uncovered as an alarming<br />
new trend for the youth, all<br />
thanks to sex being a taboo in<br />
India that mere mention of it<br />
causes stomach ache to many.<br />
These apps are often called<br />
"vault apps" which allow<br />
users to inconspicuously store<br />
nude photos or videos on their<br />
smartphones. Oftentimes the<br />
a p p s a r e d i s g u i s e d b y<br />
unsuspecting icons like a<br />
calculator app that functions<br />
like a calculator. Only the<br />
person who downloaded it<br />
knows how to unlock it with a<br />
Sexting is the New Flirting<br />
secret passcode.<br />
SEXTING AS PART OF<br />
GROWING UP<br />
Sexting has become part of<br />
growing up in modern day<br />
America."It makes it harder to<br />
say no because it's like, 'Oh<br />
why not, just send a pic.' But it<br />
shouldn't be that casual,"<br />
Sophia told CBS News<br />
correspondent Jericka<br />
Duncan. According to<br />
Dr. Kristin Perry, a<br />
p s y c h o l o g i s t a n d<br />
founder of parenting<br />
resource Inparentis,<br />
"sexting is the new<br />
flirting”<br />
A PROCESS- AN ART<br />
A lot of sexting starts on apps<br />
like Instagram and Twitter,<br />
where direct messages are<br />
sent to a girl who then<br />
exchanges other info, like<br />
Snapchat, Kik ID, phone<br />
number and so on,” says a<br />
Sexting addict. “Once sexting<br />
starts it can get sexually<br />
exciting and evolves into<br />
sending explicit selfies to<br />
each other as part of the chat.<br />
It can even turn into mutual<br />
masturbation,” openly admits<br />
Ravi.<br />
Indian women and men<br />
openly admit they happily<br />
engage and don't mind it.<br />
Nevertheless, for those who<br />
are comfortable with sexting,<br />
they need to always practice<br />
safety. This includes not<br />
showing your face in photos,<br />
using apps which do not store<br />
photos, avoid sexting if you<br />
are drunk or intoxicated,<br />
definitely stay away from<br />
stranger chats and delete<br />
conversation history unless<br />
you really want to keep them.<br />
Therefore, as technology and<br />
apps evolve, there is no<br />
doubt sexting will increase<br />
even more in popularity, and<br />
future generations may well<br />
use very different ways to<br />
express this kind of sexual<br />
interaction.<br />
Team <strong>Drift</strong><br />
CEO- Assef Ali<br />
COO-Avica Bedi<br />
CMO/PR-Deepika Agrawal<br />
Marketing Head- Garima Gupta<br />
Editorial Chief - Prabhjot Kaur Editors - Nitisha Tondon, Garima Baweja<br />
Photography Head - Rajnish Kumar<br />
Correspondents- Ankita Roy, Divyani Jain, Divyani Malik, Pooja Pahwa, Shivani Ramachandran, Rangoli Roy, Simran Pahwa, Pragya , Shreya Srivastava,<br />
Chaheti Singh Sisodia, Aaina Duggal, Muskan, Shivangi Arora, Aishwarya Gupta, Samridhi Jain, Monika Yadav, Yash Vikram Singh, Vanshika Malhotra,<br />
Bhavya Mittal, Harshita Arora, Vidisha Arora, Mehak Khan, Shubham Baweja, Rajni Ashvarya, Tanshi Kohli, Arpit Mishra, Arushi Makhija, Suruchi Singh<br />
Marketing Team- Kriti Arora, Kanika Taneja, Isha Khanna, Rajnish Kumar, Nidhi Panchal, Shubham Manuja, Rabia Talwar, Paras Batra,<br />
Areesha, Tannu Kumari<br />
Photography Team - Mehvish Asif, Deepanshu Koli, Rachit Garg, Ravi Garg, Pujita Lunia, Ashutosh Sharma, Yoshieta Gupta,<br />
Rishabh Arora, Utkarsh Agarwal, Simran Bakshi, Nikita Chand, Vidisha Jain, Anukalp Singh
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