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Study: Four out of five college students sext
By Ray RahmanJuly 26th, 2011, 4:00 pmComments (11)
Guess how many college students are sexting? That's right, almost all of them! According to Time.com's "Healthland," a new study found that four out of five college students have participated in this exciting new form of communication, one that we like to sometimes call "sextual harassment." Said Time.com's "Healthland,"
Seventy-eight percent of students in the survey say they've received sexually suggestive messages and 56% say they have received intimate images. Two thirds of the students said they sent salacious messages. Before we call a national epidemic of Weiner-itis, we should note that 73% of texts were sent to a romantic partner. Almost like a romantic old love-letter, but shorter and with more emoticons.
And, it seems, with more staying power. Almost a fifth of the people who received the racy messages then forwarded them onto somebody else. And 10% of all the explicit messages sent were relayed without permission from the original author. (Those statistics should be put on a label and stuck on cellphones everywhere.)
Like those Surgeon General's warnings on cigarettes? But for booty calls and dick pics? Hmm, if past experience is any indicator, it'll only make sexting seem cooler, amirite guys?








Commentarium (11 Comments)
I see nothing wrong with sexting, unless your sexting to a minor or sexting while driving.
much like actual sex
You misspelled "ur"
I did. Excuse my lack of grammar. You're***
is just pretty damn lame.
So 2% of "sexts" get forwarded without the sender's consent? Doesn't sound like the epidemic the media makes it out to be.
Wonk the fuck wonk !
I feel sorry for the 22% who have never recieved a sext; being a ForeverAlone is no fun. I'm a bit less sorry for the 33% who have never sent a sext; 'tis better to have sexted and lost than to never have sexted at all.
I very much so agree.
I'm so glad I went to college mere moments before cell phone cameras came into play. I'd be unemployable.
if it's consensual between the two and/or they are romantically involved i wouldn't go so far as calling it harassment