'Sexting' may be just a normal part of dating for Internet generation
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For young adults today who were weaned on iPods and the Internet, the practice of ‘sexting,’ or sending sexually explicit photos or messages through phones, may be just another normal, healthy component of modern dating.
University of Michigan researchers looked at the sexting behavior of 3,447 men and women age 18-24 and found that while sexting is very common, sexting isn’t associated with sexually risky behaviours or with psychological problems.
The findings contradict the public percept...
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