Study: Four out of five college students sext

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?

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Commentarium (11 Comments)

Jul 26 11 - 4:11pm
Kat

I see nothing wrong with sexting, unless your sexting to a minor or sexting while driving.

Jul 26 11 - 5:12pm
julian.

much like actual sex

Jul 26 11 - 8:46pm
jaycee

You misspelled "ur"

Jul 28 11 - 12:35pm
Kat

I did. Excuse my lack of grammar. You're***

Jul 26 11 - 5:14pm
Sexting

is just pretty damn lame.

Jul 26 11 - 5:22pm
completely

So 2% of "sexts" get forwarded without the sender's consent? Doesn't sound like the epidemic the media makes it out to be.

Jul 26 11 - 5:40pm
peebrains

Wonk the fuck wonk !

Jul 26 11 - 11:31pm
No Sext I'm Brutish

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.

Jul 28 11 - 12:35pm
Kat

I very much so agree.

Jul 27 11 - 11:16am
Yeah

I'm so glad I went to college mere moments before cell phone cameras came into play. I'd be unemployable.

Jul 29 11 - 2:21am
v

if it's consensual between the two and/or they are romantically involved i wouldn't go so far as calling it harassment