Abnormal Psychology

Abnormal Psychology

Reaction to Dateline

The video was very shocking and disturbing to me. I watched it when it was on television the first time, but didn't watch all of it. So, now I got a chance to see more of it. I can't believe that the government isn't doing more to control the internet. The internet is a very open market for anyone. As the video shows us, there are many sexual predators out there. I couldn't believe some of the men that showed up to the house to have sex with a 14 year old girl.

The people that showed up were very surprising one was a father himself. Now that to me should throw up some red flags. These guys were sick individuals. Most of them in there middle 20's to upper 30's and trying to have sex with a 14 year old. The audacity of them to show up to a 14 house to have sex with them is incredibly wrong. I could not imagine letting my child on the internet unsupervised, after watching this. Not to mention all the porn ads that pop up or all the sites that they could mistakenly go to or actually access if they so desired.

I thought it very humorous when they found out that they were on camera, and tried to make excuses for their actions. How does a person even try to weasel there way out of something that they know they did and are caught red handed. The evidence is all on the computer. The men that exposed themselves and pleasured themselves on camera to these supposedly underage people is just sick and wrong, also. Who wants to see that kind of stuff anyway? What is wrong with people? I think they need some serious help.

In conclusion I think the internet needs more supervision and parental control. Parents need to realize what their children could possibly be exposed to on the internet and let their children know they can talk to them about people who approach them on the internet. Parents also, need to teach their children about the dangers that they could possibly be exposed to and what to do if they are approach by these sexual p