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Many have you ever been curious to know what might be keeping your teen child busy on phone to the extent of foregoing meals? 

It is fine for you to think he is probably playing online games, googling photographs of their favorite celebrity, researching their homework from school, or chatting with friends on social media but start nosing around, you might be surprisingly shocked.

The high rate of modernity and advancement in technology all over the world has not only brought a positive change to societies but also negativeness like moral deterioration more so in our African norms.

We recently shared with you shocking revelations of school girls that engage in prostitution during holidays and as we were doing our investigations, we also managed to discover the naughty stuff that keeps some kids busy on their phones at home sometimes even locked in their bedrooms. One of top was none other than Sexting. Yes, some rascals are really having a lot of ‘Virtual s*x’, we can exclusively reveal.

Sexting is a verb derived from s*x and texting. It is the act of sending someone s*xually explicit messages and photographs via a mobile phone. If you didn’t know, this is the latest lust taboo that has gripped a lot of youths, as parents remain in the dark.

It doesn’t need one to be with a smartphone to sext, the odd vice can be done on any kind of phone be it that â€˜katooci’ that doesn’t even support internet services or an iPhone 7+. As long as the device has a platform of exchanging messages.

Both genders do it

The vice also has no gender, both girls and boys do text as cases of boy to girl are very common though a few girls to girls sexting has also been witnessed making also boy to boy susceptible. 

It is also more common in high school students and college goers, some campuses and adults. Literally, sexting has no age though much happening among youths.

just spot a group of late-teenage girls chatting alongside chuckling and laughing out loud, you won’t be surprised that all that has been making them much excited was a conversation bordering on boys and s*x. 

Girls discuss boy crushes and boyfriends to the extent of showing each other raunchy texts on their phones and s*xy WhatsApp videos with daylight openness. And so some boys.

Why the youths are doing this

An expert says the first reason as to why youth are now hooked on to this strange behavior is the element of playful nature of the human mind, especially the younger ones.

It is the easiest channel through which many can express their naughtiness. Sexting allows people to say what they would never have said verbally, like asking for s*x since the most who engage in this behavior are the shy ones, can’t let it all out face to face. This might be the reason why girls sext more often than boys.

Despite looking into the dangers of this trend, most youths see no harm in sexting justify that they are not engaging in the actual act and thus are hurting no one.

Parents and guardians, too, are to be blamed because they have failed to educate teens on s*x, leaving it to schools, who are too busy with normal curriculum and social media, where all manner of rubbish is dumped by the western culture.

The bad side of sexting

Sexting can be harmful. Since it is closely associated with frequent s*x, pornography and multiple s*x partners.

This kind of exposure and casual approach to a sensitive matter like s*x conditions one’s minds to dysfunctional s*xual relationship, which affects his/ her future relationships.

Frequent s*x, masturbation and pornography contribute to various mental health complications such as addiction, depression and increased risk of contracting HIV/Aids.

According to global research, a high number of youth are engaging in sexting, probably 98% with the largest percentage being girls. This has contributed greatly to an increase in the number of teenagers and young adults engaging in risky s*xual behavior and activities.

These researchers continue to stretch it out that almost 65% of the young people who sext on a daily basis also masturbate frequently, 62 % have multiple s*xual partners; 40% consume pornographic material and 30% have frequent s*xual intercourse. Only five per cent of the students who don’t sext masturbate.

With another study done by two students at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology in Kenya, sexting and social media has led to an increase in teenage pregnancy.

Nigerians are known for creativity in the area of slangs. Day in, day out, different slangs are created for almost everything.

Imagine the latest addition? ‘Runs’ or a ‘Runs girl’ is said to be a girl who sleeps with men for money. And you would think that has replaced the word prostitution? No!

These are said to be two different things with different meanings. Prostitution, according to observers, is the practice or occupation of engaging in s*xual activity for payment. So, if money is the expectation for the two what then is the difference?

However, this question has been trending on Twitter for quite a while. Some are of the opinion that the two are arguably the same, while others are not satisfied with the comparisons, saying the words can’t be said to be the same.

Nonso Okoye , Entrepreneur

“A prostitute stands along a roadside or within premises to hawk her wares. She’s shameless and doesn’t care what you think about her. She might have accepted selling her body as a full-time job.

She works mainly at night. A ‘runs girl’ is your regular friend or relative or stranger who might or might not have a regular job but sleeps with different men to make extra cash. 

She’s good with social media and knows how to brand (package) herself for maximum attention. She works around the clock and can travel around the country on invitations. She’s a pretender.”

Victoria Jima, Fashion Designer

“A prostitute makes it known say ‘she be ashawo.’ A runs babe is based on calls for better hotel with better pay.”

Femi Aderemi, Student

“A runs girl doesn’t stand on the road it’s a connection between one friend to the other. Prostitutes are the ones on the road.”

Stella Ibrahim, Businesswoman

“I think runs girls are more educated, exposed and enlightened; They are greedy and charge higher. Prostitutes have a flat rate. Runs girls can also act as escorts.”

Anthony Edem, Student

“Prostitutes went to Polytechnic, while runs girls went to University and read Resource Management. It might sound funny but there’s some truth in it, sha.”

Josephine Daniel, Corper

“Prostitutes stand on the road, runs girl do proper arrangements, you don’t see them standing on the road, they do it with packaging.”

Raymond Akan, IT technician

“Prostitutes stand at a spot and wait to meet clients. Runs girls are like Johnny Walker, they are always on the move.”

Oluchi Samson, Entrepreneur

“A Runs girl works under the influence of witchcraft, while the prostitute is working under the influence of a demon.”

Ugo Samson, Student

“Last last they still sleep around so it’s the same thing to me.”

Ed Stark, Civil Servant

“The difference between a runs girl and a prostitute to me is just strategic positioning. A prostitute is okay standing on the street and getting peanuts from drunk and horny guys. A runs girl deals on networking. Going to seminars, gate-crashing society weddings and functions she knows that ballers would attend. She gets her meat and gets a huge payday or days.”

John Okocha, Data base Administrator

“They do exactly the same thing, s*x is s*x. There is no difference, sin is sin. If you’re doing it and think you can differentiate it, it doesn’t make any sense. The posh girls actually coined the term so you can’t call them prostitutes. They will always tell you there are certain things they can’t do. 

You can’t see them in the chalets, you can’t see them standing on the road. You can see them in chilling points, those are runs girls. The prostitutes you can see them in chalets, on the road and waving down customers. 

Like around Ikeja and other places. That’s just the difference. You can actually date a runs girl and not know. If you want to judge it the way it is, it’s the same thing.”

Oh, well, rib-cracking responses! While some of the comments are downright funny, the general consensus appears to be that they are two different things, the generic definition notwithstanding. What are your thoughts??