So I’m in Denver, Colorado, staying at a hotel. And it’s weird, because when I’m scrolling through feministing , my fave website in the world, the computer keeps blocking me. The reason? “teen sex keyword activated.” Which is pretty amusing, since, accordding to a poll by NBC and People magazine, nearly 3 in 10 young teens are sexually active (yes, I used a direct quote from the article title. Sue me).

Interestingly enough, the hotel did not prevent me from researching this statistic.

So what’s up, uniguest, service powering my hotel computer? Is teen sex really that unacceptable? And, more importantly, will censoring it really make it go away?

I’m sure, if you haven’t been in a cave this past month or so, you’ve heard about the “racy” or even the “nude” pictures of Miley Cyrus somewhere on the pop culture news. Yes, folks, Disney superstar, fifteen-year-old icon for preteens everywhere is actually a “whore” by some bloggers, a “slut” by others, and, on a late night E! countdown of “Girls Gone Bad” a “Girl About to Go Bad”.

Clearly, everyone should be outraged, and Cyrus should apologize for someone hacking into her phone and putting the pictures of her online. Especially since, in all of these “racy pictures”, none of her is actually showing.

Anyone that blames Cyrus for these pictures, reiterating the whole “you’re too young for your age” rant obviously knows nothing about today’s teenaged girls. A quick look around Facebook or Myspace shows that many other teens seem to have similar pictures on their not-so-private profiles. Pretending to be sexy in front of a camera is pretty much what most teenage girls do.

So let’s take a look at all of the possible misdemeanors here:

-posing sexily for camera

-hacking phone of fifteen year-old girl

-putting sexy pictures of fifteen year-old girl all over internet

-calling fifteen year-old girl you don’t actually know a “slut” a “whore” and a whole other slew of fun things

Ignoring most of the real crimes, pop-culture shows victim blaming at its finest and blames the fifteen year-old girl.