It’s bad enough when girls flaunt their barely developed, if not underdeveloped, assets a guy’s way blatantly. But “personal body ads”? Just as bad.

“Body ads” is the paper form of sexting – only the guys don’t know who it’s coming from. One of the news updates at the Variety Show said, “Sorry sophomore guys that your girls don’t like you. You can have them back after we’re done with them.” Why do you think they said it?

Mostly underclass girls, the ones who think that it’s okay to beck and call the upperclassmen guys by batting their eyelashes and letting their smile linger a little too long, are now starting the petty trend of sending an obviously suggestive message and slipping the note through the rusty slits in the locker. What are we in now, middle school?

The worst part is, sometimes these girls don’t even get the right locker number. I personally apologize to all of the innocent upperclassmen women who have found dirty messages in forms of scraps of paper meant for their male locker neighbor. These girls are writing explicit content on notebook paper, sending the ad through lockers, with a few sentences and no name.   

And the sad thing, ladies and gentleman, is that the guys are flattered. I mean, who wouldn’t be? They’re so wonderful that girls are just falling at their feet for them. Too bad it’s not literally falling, but merely writing.

It’s bad enough that certain high school students think it’s cute to attract guys through their hormones by going up to them and making a dirty offer that guys don’t usually refuse. High school students have resorted to conducting whole relationships through texting and Facebook.

Wake up ladies, if you send a note personally inviting guys to a free for all on your body, it doesn’t make you a better person. It gives you a horrible reputation. And, if that somehow seems appealing to you, think about this editorial and how stupid it makes you sound.  You’re sending little anonymous paper seductions, “So, I might be a freshman, but you know I’m so ready for you when you are…”  

Did anyone ever think to walk up to the guy, outstretch their hand and introduce themselves? Is it too much to ask to start up a friendly conversation that actually leads to getting to know one another? Or have we simply fallen to personal ads? Is respect for yourself too much to expect? Do you want to be nothing more than a note kept in a guy’s room or diminished to “she was that one girl that I messed with?”

Will it offend someone to say, “Honey, advertising is for food, beer, and appliances, not your body?” Whoops, I think I just did.

 Alesia Etinoff can be reached for comment at [email protected]