Monday, September 6, 2010

What's with all these SCANDALS??!!!

Yesterday was a good day for UCC, we went to Tandang Sora annex to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Mel Bautista, the Head of the BA kingdom (that makes her the queen, right? hehe)  There were so much food, we were even amused by the blessing-prayer led by Dr. Dizon, it goes a little something like this: "thou shall not eat what is not good for your health condition" hehe... but like most days in UCC, good times have expiration dates.

After our meals, one professor told us about this UCC Scandal over the internet.  Curious, of course, we asked him to browse the said site so we could really verify if it's a UCCian alright, just like what another Social Science professor said.  The host site speaks for itself (please don't ask me): it is where you can upload and download videos/photos sexual in theme.  Most of the waiting professors did not last 10 seconds of viewing the said material, so we failed with our initial objective of verifying the identity.  Honestly, I would like to believe that it's not a UCCian, but recent events in the University tell me otherwise.  Just a few months ago we suspended a 4thyr student for posting bare naked photos of herself in facebook.  2 weeks ago, i received another information of a student who posted her photo wearing only bra in fb also.  Today just a few minutes ago I saw also in fb a photo of one of my artists with his briefs on.  What's happening with these ppl???!!!

A colleague tells me, why don't we make a study/research on this behavior of young ppl nowadays? It's going to be very hard, primarily because of lack of literature.  But i would like to shed some light on the issue at hand.

Firstly, posting sexual acts/naked pics for the public to see is considered DELINQUENCY, it defies what is generally accepted by the norms of our society.  It is antisocial, although most of the young ppl engaged in such believed that they will get social approval by doing what they have done.  If someone would say their body is a work of art, and would want ppl to appreciate it, well, there is a more acceptable means of displaying YOUR art.
Think about this: why is it that when we see guys/gals in their SWIMSUIT, no matter how skimpy, it looks sexy and artsy, while seeing a person in his regular undergarment (a bra, panties, or briefs) is not? It is because we are already accustomed to seeing swimwear, and have developed tolerance for it.  I don't know if the time will come when walking in ur undergarments will be tolerated in our society.

Secondly, a person who uploaded his sex video/nude pics on the internet and derived pleasure and satisfaction from the act (of posting it) may be considered as an EXHIBITIONIST.  Exhibitionism is a SEXUAL DISORDER and is clinically defined as "over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving the exposure of one's genitals to an unsuspecting stranger" (DSM IV).  Usually, exhibitionism appears hand in hand with another serious sexual disorder - VOYEURISM (recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving the act of observing an unsuspecting person who is naked, in the process of disrobing, or engaging in sexual activity - DSM IV).  So why are you downloading all that porn videos? Why is your cellphone filled to the brim of scandals here and there? NAMBOBOSO ka!

In the clinical setting, exhibitionism and voyeurism becomes a full blown problem when "the fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning" (DSM IV).  So can we consider social stigma and delinquency an impairment?  If the client gets treated with reproachful characterization which later will cause him to isolate himself, this may be an impairment.
So young, and yet already suffering from a sexual disorder?? they have yet to enjoy the beauty of sex, and here they are trampling on it. 

It is worth mentioning that most cases of (unofficially reported) sexual delinquency in our University is at Camarin Annex.  One colleague hypothesized that maybe since there are very few worthwhile avenues to spend their spare time, our youths resort to mischief and delinquent behavior to get their minds off the boredom.  (sarap nman mag alis ng boredom sa ganung paraan haha kapalit karangalan).  I told him, it's not the lack of opportunity, it is the LACK OF INFORMATION on how to use their time wisely that's the problem.  Imagine two teenagers who have been seeing each other for more than 5 hours a day, they would have explored their whole history in a matter of 3 weeks, and should they be sexually active, would have gone 3rd base by the 1st month.  So if they have been engaging in premarital sex for quite sometime, what else is there to excite them?  Why not record it on video? then accidentally the phone got stolen - there there there.  the origins of most uploaded scandals.

Another friend of mine who owns a cellphone repair store in a mall disclosed that usually, when they repair the units, they would make a BACK UP COPY of all the phone files into their PC.  Instant exposure of your videos!  So mind what you store in ur cellphones.

But those facebook uploads are a different story.  The ppl doing this are fully conscious and aware of what they are allowing others to see.  So i cannot think of any other reason than MERE DELINQUENCY, or SHEER STUPIDITY.

People who have seen them on video/photos exposing their intimate parts which should have been reserved for their future wives/husbands might forget about it for sometime.  But your stupid mistake is one GHOST in your past that will cling on to you and would follow you wherever you go.  You will always be that girl on the video "naglilinis ng tubo", that girl who posted covering her tits but exposing her face, that guy with a angled dangle, or whatever term ppl might come up with to identify that stupid mistake.

4 comments:

  1. OMG may mga ganyan ganyan dn sa UCC? anyways I cant see anything NEW about it =P
    Re with FB camera whores and exposing their selves in their undies...hmmmi remember seeing Vngie posting one like that! ahahhaha lols. vangie peace! =))(but yeah its true)
    I dunno what's with them but I guess they find it CUTE and they love to caught someone's attention. =P

    Nice Blog po!

    www.jeslising.com

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  2. oh yeah these scandals!! such a headache for the heads of UCC. this is one proof that the youth of today are getting more & more vain. It's even further aggravated by these networking sites. I've heard of this issue few months ago..but I choose not to post on the UCC blog I've made....I won't be able to give justice to it's original objective.

    I hope in the future..there'll be a group or an individual who'll have this kind of issue in their THESIS!



    anyway..very informative blog from a credible source! thank po for this post! Psych talaga masyado si Maam! I've long been planning to put up a blog that can possibly help PSych majors.I found NONE in the blogosphere. Almost all articles in the world wide web are from foreign points of view. It's really hard to relate with.. I hope this continues.Tackling local issues in a Filipino psychological point of view is really something novel!

    I'm looking forward to your posts Maam!

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  3. very =informative mam!!! sana mabasa ito ng lahat ng mga stujante ng malaman nila how they should value their dignity n life.. that when time comes that they will post themselves nude or bare in any blogsites or social networks, they will think hundred times first..

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  4. Gandang topic for the seminar for the youth...

    very informative ma'am..

    thanks for this..

    Sana nga po mabasa to ng marami pang tao for them to get enlighten on the things na ginagwa po nila..

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