In 1984, George Orwell tells the story of a love affair between two individuals named Julia and Winston. In Oceana's fictional world, it's illegal to have sex for pleasure, so they have to sneak behind the government's back to do it. Constantly sneaking around only to be caught and tortured ripped the humanity out of Winston and Julia. This behavior is similar to the modern act of sexting. If someone observed a group of teenagers in a given area, how many of them would have sexted? The statistics he would see might shock him, but given the epidemic that sexting has become, the statistics might not be as shocking as one might initially think. Sexting can be clearly defined as minors taking nude or partially nude photos of themselves and sending them to others, or forwarding the received photos to other people (Lounsbury et al). However, it can also be defined as the exchange of sexual fantasies over text (Scurfield). Even if sexting does not seem dangerous, the legal, emotional and social consequences can be devastating, even dehumanizing. In 1984, when Winston asks if Julia has ever had an illicit love affair, she replies that she has "hundreds of times". times – well, dozens of times anyway” (Orwell). She's gotten to the point where she doesn't think twice about the fact that her actions are radically illegal. That's sort of a description of the sexting epidemic. It's gotten to the point where no one cares about the consequences because teenagers think they're invincible. They don't consider the possibility of getting caught. Some reasons behind sexting may include curiosity, feeling pressured, being in love, or a simple lack of ability to use good reasoning (Lohm...... middle of article..... id Finkelhor names some sexting statistics I will use these statistics to show how common sexting really is. “Problems caused by sexting, nothing to say about it Winnipeg Free Press.” 2014, web sec. February 25, 2014. Scurfield, in his article, defines sexting as the act of "having verbal sex via text message" and argues that sexting is actually considered cheating in a relationship. Scurfield writes for people who have had to deal with sexual relationships with other people and gives them advice on what to do about this situation, always saying to break off the relationship. This article will introduce me to some of the. social consequences of sexting..