Naked selfie Q&A
Express asked some local youngsters if they felt the pressure to follow the nude bandwagon.
PULANE Lenkoe, girlfriend of Orlando Pirates midfielder Thandani Ntshumayelo, recently sent twitter into a frenzy after a nude photo she sent to her ex-boyfriend was leaked online.
Camera phones and the internet have made it easy for lovers to keep interest in relationships over long distances, by seducing each other online.
The leak was a reminder that the technology boom in the 21st century has come with as many problems as solutions. The vast availability of cameras has made possible the expansion of child pornography, sex tapes, invasion of privacy and nude photo leaks.
Express asked some local youngsters if they felt the pressure to follow the nude bandwagon.
Monica Magagane said she not only sent naked pictures to please her lover’s eyes but also allowed him to take them. “I trust my boyfriend with my pictures because I know that he would never leak them. He has them locked in a special folder where he keeps them.”
After the Pulane incident, Magagane said she would be reluctant to trust someone else with her nudes if she ever found herself in a new relationship.
On the contrary, Caswell Sambo said he feared that his naked pictures would be published. “What if my partner’s friends were to see pictures of me naked? After all, our private parts as men are not as beautiful as those of women,” Sambo said.
Aaron Mpepele also said he would neither send his girlfriend his nudes nor want her to send her naked pictures. “I would send a picture of myself in boxers though. Even if it got published, that would be fine because I would be showing off my chest.”
Anthonia Geswind (15) said she did not succumb to peer pressure to take sexy selfies. “I would not send someone my naked pictures be it at this age or even when I am older. I would not want to risk seeing my pictures plastered all over social media.”
On the same note, Kay-lee van Wyk said naked pictures said a lot about self respect. She said the closest she would ever get to a naked picture would be a picture of her and friends in a bikini. “I would neither send someone a nude picture nor a picture where I am wearing lingerie. I would never trust someone with it.”
Tebogo Monaga said the nature of relationships nowadays made her reluctant to trust anyone. “These days, people just want to see your pictures although they do not love you. I would not send even a picture of myself in lingerie even if I were married. My boyfriend will only see me in person.”
