ONLINE: "Pants Go Down. Pictures Are Sent."

"A boy chats with a girl he's never met. Pants go down. Pictures are sent."

This feature from GQ (SEXTORTION AT EISENHOWER HIGH) is worth a read not so much for the scandal or the vilification of the confused and creepy kid who extorts shis classmates -- 39 of whom sent at least partially undressed pictures, seven of whom allegedly had sex with him. 

It's the other, more unexpected elements:  the use of Facebook, which many consider safe and tame, the stunning obliviousness of the DA's office to mask victims' identities effectively, the victims' decision to continue at the school, and -- most of all -- the strange world in which we live in, where naked pictures among teens are a normal thing.

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I coach a high school cheerleading squad at a private school, and more than once have I received emails about naked pictures being sent on cell phones, getting forwarded, and ending up in the wrong hands of people. It's a shame young kids feel the need to get attention this way.