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Sexting is the most popular form of sex in the virtual world
Newspaper | Bollywood Country
Date | 3.3.2014
Language | English
Country | India
Topic Tags | research/study, sexting
Summary | New statistics from a CyberCompare.com study suggest that sexual encounters via virtual media, particularly sexting, constitute one third of all sexual encounters. Over one thousand people over the age of 18 participated. The study further shows that sexting is particularly popular for long-distance relationships or fo busy, conflicting work schedules and that most people do it from home while 8% have already sexted from their workplace.
Image Description | Photograph of a man taking a selfie with an old cell phone of himself kissing a woman.
Image Tags | cell phone, female(s), hand(s), male(s), selfie
What’s the big deal about sexting?
Newspaper | CNN
Date | 2.1.2015
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | law, sexting, threat, youth
Summary | Sexting is not as threatening as everyone thinks - it is developmentally appropriate for teenagers to be exploring their sexuality with all channels available to them. In most cases, sexting is unproblematic except when nude images are shared (this has even resulted in suicides of the victims) or minors are prosecuted for distributing child pornography by sexting (though laws are being adjusted to exclude sexting). But even if it is just consensual sexting among peers, our society tends to overreact about any expression of sexual identity of minors but we condone oversexualized imagery of girls in the media (glossy magazines/animated films).
Image Description | Shutterstock of a male torso using a smartphone.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Porn is now part of everyday life, say teenagers: Sexting is part of everyday life, say half of 18-year-olds
Newspaper | The Independent
Date | 20.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | pornography, sexting, threat, youth
Summary | 'Sexting' is only used in headline. Pornography is ubiqutous online. This is a huge problem because teenagers could receive the most part of their sexual education from pornography. This would likely lead boys to objectifying girls and girls to thinking that their value lies in their conforming to the body standards set by pornography. Teenagers need to be protected from unsolicited explicit material online and sex education should be improved.
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4 Tricks for Your Steamiest Sexts Yet
Newspaper | Cosmopolitan
Date | 26.5.2014
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis, sexting
Summary | Sexting can be really great when one avoids these common mistakes and follows a few helpful rules: First, rely on words only as images can come back to haunt you. Second, do not use emojis because they can make you look childish and that does not help to build sexual tension. Then, let your fantasy roam free. You can imagine to be sexting with anyone, even fictional characters. Lastly, make sure you know what you are trying to achieve while sexting. Will you want to meet up with your sext partner later or is sexting all you want to do? If participants in a sexting sessio have different goals, it can get awkward and jeopardize the relationship.
Image Description | Photographs of a smartphone with a text message exchange on the display lying in a little bedroom.
Image Tags | smartphone, text
Sexting: stick to your fingers
Newspaper | Men's Health
Date | 1.2.2014
Language | English
Country | India
Topic Tags | sexting
Summary | Sexting is a great way to spice up one's marriage or to find out about one's sex partner's sexual fantasies and preferences. Many people do it, 66% report to have sexted before [no detailed information about this statistic].There are a lot of Do's and Dont's: Men should however never show anyone the sexts they received from women because they risk their reputation. One should always use sexting as an opportunity to find out what their sex partners secretely want in bed. Also, while many people think sexting with a third person while in a committed relationship is no issue, psychologists agree that it does constitute a breach of trust.
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Sexting’s paradox: it’s just no fun
Newspaper | New York Magazine
Date | 24.2.2014
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | online dating, research/study, sexting
Summary | Many people lie when sexting, meaning that they might be having a snack in their kitchen wearing sweat pants but writing something completely different. Because sexting is so completely detached from any actual physicality the mere innuendo is enough to entertain participants, even if it does not lead to an actual orgasm. Sexting is in a way a 'shared daydream'. A recent study reports that about half of their informants had sexted even though they were not really up for it.
Image Description | Photograph of a topless woman lying on a bed on her stomach with two kittens and jeans ripped so that they reveal parts of her behind.
Image Tags | female(s)
No, She’s Not Really Wearing That. The Sext You Just Got Is Probably a Lie.
Newspaper | Slate
Date | 11.4.2014
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | research/study, sexting
Summary | A study about college students' sexting activity published in 'Computers in Human Behavior' shows that 45% of women lie while sexting, for instance when saying that they are wearing lingerie when really they are really doing something completely different, as opposed to only 24% of men. Because sexting can be completely ficticious, one can adopt a different sexual personality in sexting exchange that is nothing like one's actual sexual personality. The study also shows that a lot of disinterested sexting happens where people just go along with it even if they are not that into it because they are 'bored'.
Image Description | Getty photograph of a woman looking at her smartphone in public.
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone
The naked truth; the hacking of celebrities' intimate images has highlighted a startling phenomenon: sexting has gone mainstream
Newspaper | The Sunday Times
Date | 7.9.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | sexting, youth
Summary | Both the leaking of dozens of celebrity nudes by hacking of the iCloud and the new Cameron Diaz film “The Sex Tape” show that sexting is a really common phenomenon by now. The shock in the celebrity nude images leak really lies in the breach of privacy and not in the mere existence of such material. Middle-aged adults also participate in sexting: "It's like an animalistic peacock display that's filtered up from the teens.”
Image Description | Portrait of Jennifer Lawrence pulling a funny face.
Image Tags | female(s)
Warning teenagers over ‘sexting’
Newspaper | The Argus
Date | 12.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | law, sexting, Snapchat, threat, youth
Summary | Sexting is becoming an increasing problem among youths in Southern England. Charities that work with teenagers (mostly girls) who have been victimized by having their nude selfies shared without their permission. There is a crucial difference between face to face flirtatious encounters versus on new media: men are reported to be much more forward on digital channels and that they very quickly request nude images. There is a lot of pressure on male participants in sexting to obtain nude images which almost counts as social currency among their male peers. The police are also not handling the situation well according to prevention organizations as they tend to criminalize the victims of sexting as sex child pornography offenders.
Image Description | Portrait of person mentioned in article and photograph of a woman holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone
Double Standards: Why sexting sucks
Newspaper | Times Live
Date | 23.6.2014
Language | English
Country | South Africa
Topic Tags | gender, law, research/study, sexting, youth
Summary | A study by Julia Lippman and Scott Campbell where they interviewed teenagers about their attitudes towards sexting showed that a strong double standard exists between judging girls' versus boys' sexting activities. If girls sext, the are perceived as attention-seeking 'sluts' and if the do not engage in sexting, they are judged for being frigid. Boys are however pardoned for sexting because "boys will be boys". Minors sexting is further problematic because it is persecuted under child pornography laws.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman taking a selfie in lingerie.
Image Tags | female(s), selfie, smartphone
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