What is Obscene phone call?
An '''obscene phone call''' is when someone uses [[profanity|bad]], sexual or hateful [[language]] while talking to another person on a [[telephone]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Obscene Phone Calls|publisher=SelfHelp.com|url=https://www.self-help-sexuality.com/obscene-phone-call.html|access-date=February 3, 2021}}</ref> In many [[U.S. state]]s, making an obscene telephone call is a Class 1 [[Misdemeanor]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Virginia Law|publisher=LIS|url=https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter9/section18.2-427|access-date=February 3, 2021}}</ref> The victims of substandard or obscene telephone calls should hang up on the callers and report the incidents to their telephone company or local [[police]]. Even if/when [[Caller ID]]s aren't shown, calls are logged by the telephone company. This is so the obscene caller's number can be discovered. But many obscene phone callers use [[payphone]]s or [[mobile phone]]s instead of regular landline phones. Obscene phone callers are often male. However, there are many female obscene phone callers.<ref>{{cite book|title=Connections-Social and Cultural Studies|isbn=9781412820196|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AgLDhOySfMgC&dq=%22female+obscene+phone+callers%22&pg=PA235|access-date=February 3, 2021|last1=Katz|first1=James Everett|year=2003}}</ref> Some obscene phone callers have trouble forming [[interpersonal relationship|relationships]], so making obscene telephone calls is the only way they express themselves. The usual age for making such telephone calls is the teenage years, particularly ages 12 to 16. The average age is 14. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Crime]]