Myspace, scantily clad to say the least...

Everyone has it. Well almost everyone that is. Myspace, the latest opinions rage that flares its way onto the morning news, casually is crossed on day-time talk shows, and has been the punch line to at least one joke on late-night TV. So then if it’s so good, what is it?
It is a networking of individuals who set up profiles and from there can interact with friends, groups, blogs….the whole shpeal. What makes it so opinionated? What makes it so opinionated is that a 40-year-old man in Malaysia can be checking out a 16-year-old girl in Tennessee, and after reading her profile alone, most generally have enough information to buy a plane ticket (money permitting) and meet her personally—just, without her knowing any of this is going on. Myspace is a stalkers paradise, a creepsters battlefield, the beginning of identity theft, and a not so intimate version of online dating (seeing as one party is generally unaware that they are being pursued.)
Now, do not misunderstand me, Myspace has its perks. You can write your friends goofy comments, aptly amuse yourself with various webpage fonts and backgrounds, post fun pictures for all your friends to see, and read about that cute guy in your math classes favorite movies (ok, quite possible on the lower part of the perk list,) but regardless in its essence, it is harmless. In its essence.
Maybe I should further this by saying, I have a Myspace. It’s blue and has falling hearts coming down the webpage to Death Cab for Cuties “Soul Meets Body.” I have about six photos, and some hundred and something friends. Mainly I keep it for the occasional comment, and so I can snoop around on other people’s when I am bored.
But recently, in one of my bored, snooping adventures I came to a conclusion—there is a serious problem with the photos girls are displaying. Approximately 15-22 year old girls are posting half to basically nude pictures of themselves that they took after epic amounts of prep time and with the adjustments of Photoshop. Myspace is littered with aspiring porn stars, who in all innocence, just post the picture of them in the fish net tights and lace bra to show their crush how hot they are. What teens fail to realize, is that Joe Brown from Malaysia is able to see how hot you look as well.
Myspace. Scary? More like frightening. Fun? At times. Innocent? Maybe in its essence. But in truth, it is sad. It is sad that 16-year-old girls can post nearly pornographic photos of themselves, and it’s sad there is no one to tell them otherwise.