The photos are a distressing reminder of the state of contemporary malehood, one in which outward expressions of sexuality are encouraged and celebrated. One has to wonder where the parents of these boys are? It's disgusting that we live in a culture in which young men feel like they have to resort to such attention-seeking stunts in order to be valued by society. The hyper-sexualized music of artists like Eminem has no doubt had a distressing effect on the psychology of children too young to know that they have more to add to the world than just their penises.
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It's a shame that these images will follow the two boys around for the rest of their lives, but then again, if they didn't want to have their picture on the internet, perhaps they shouldn't have instigated sex acts in public? Everyone, even teenagers, or, perhaps, especially teenagers, know that anything you do could end up online forever.
The 17-year-old girl has found herself at the centre of an internet storm after web users shared explicit photographs of her giving oral sex to two men at an Eminem concert in Ireland.
Police are investigating the disturbing incident amid concerns that the images - apparently taken in a public area of the concert site and now widely circulating on the internet - amount to child pornography because she is under 18.
And dozens of internet commenters have been accused of sexism for mocking the girl and seeking to reveal her identity - while praising her sexual partner as a 'hero' and a 'legend'.
Campaigners have warned that the sharing of explicit pictures is a 'growing problem' which it is almost impossible to prevent due to the fast-moving nature of social networking.
She was also pictured kissing the same man while he sexually touched her, and giving oral sex to a different man on the same night.
American rapper Eminem was performing to a crowd of 80,000, with police making 63 arrests during the event.
Many of the Twitter and Instagram accounts which shared the pictures of the girl have been shut down, as has a 'slut-shaming' Facebook page which made fun of the incident.
But the concert achieved web notoriety the next day when the explicit pictures were widely circulated.
Many internet users were quick to condemn her behaviour - Bridget Moynihan tweeted that the girl 'has only herself to blame, out in the open surrounded by people with camera phones. What did she expect.'
Users of web forums revealed the identity of the teenager, a secondary school student from the west of Ireland.
Others shared images mocking the girl and implying that she was overly sexually promiscuous.
It was reported that the person originally responsible for posting the pictures online was a man from Belfast.
After the girl's rise to fame, she was apparently left extremely distressed and embarrassed.
She is currently in hospital, and is believed to have been sedated.
'This is a very sensitive matter and the girl's family are distraught,' a source told the Irish Sun. 'This is so out of character for her. She's currently very emotional and confused about the whole thing.'
Police are currently investigating the matter, and are looking into who shared the original photos and whether they constitute child pornography.
A police spokesman said: 'Gardai are aware of the incident and are inquiring into the matter. Gardai have spoken to the female involved and it would be inappropriate for us to comment any further.'
The concerts at Slane Castle, which take place every year and are considered among the highlights of the Irish musical calendar, are organised by Lord Conyngham, who lives at the castle and is known as the 'rock 'n' roll aristocrat', and promoted by MDC Productions.
Social networks have asked users to report the images as quickly as possible so that they can be spotted and removed by site moderators, who have been instructed to remain extra-vigilant in looking out for the images from Slane Castle.
A Twitter spokesman said: 'Protecting people's experience on Twitter is very important and we have a clear set of rules that outline what is and isn't acceptable behaviour on the platform.
'If people come across content that may violate our policies, we encourage them to report it so we can quickly follow up, rather than tweet or retweet images and links.'
A spokesman for Facebook said: 'At Facebook we take safety incredibly seriously, and have worked hard for years to develop clear rules and powerful reporting tools that enable people to easily report things that make them uncomfortable. We have built a large and highly trained team of safety experts who review these reports and take action, including escalating serious cases to the police.
'Unfortunately, there will always be a tiny number of malicious people who are intent on harming others, online and offline. It is difficult to prevent this minority from behaving in this way – but once they do we will work hard to remove them from Facebook and make sure they are brought to justice.'
Cyber-bullying campaigners warned that this type of incident is increasingly common, especially as web users aim to damage the reputation of people they know by spreading photographs of them in compromising positions.
References: Daily mail online
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