While the blackmail is terrible, if you don't send random dick pics while you're in a relationship, you probably won't feel like your life is ending when someone threatens to share them
They're not sending "random dick pics" — they're sending ones that the scammers have asked them to. Most of us don't send random dick picks, but expecting a teenage boys to turn down online-profile-with-attractive-photo seems unlikely.
The literal first paragraph in the article says the 17 year old had just kissed his girlfriend goodnight and then got this message on Insta.
If you're sending random dickpics to random people you don't know, while in a relationship, that is most definitely on you. Don't be a scumbag and it won't happen.
My recollection of a study about 20 years back where they asked college women to ask out guys at random. About a third of the guys who said yes were in a relationship.
oh thats interesting and sad. do you know which study that was?
also not trying to be dismissive, but I wonder how they asked the men out. like was it clear that it was a date or could it be mistaken for someone who was looking for someone to drink a beer together?
I doubt I'll find it;; it was in the paper-journals era. If I recall correctly, the form of question ranged from "it's a date" to "let's sleep together"
A LOT of guys at that age just want to get laid more, and a big chunk simply don't care about existing relationships if they think they can get away with it. This matches my personal experience.