Sexting has become commonplace among frisky partners—but a new study finds it might not be all about sex. Researchers found that two-thirds of people who send erotic messages aren’t sexting for sexual reasons. A study revealed that people engage in sexting for three main reasons: as foreplay, to gain reassurance in the relationship, or with the expectation the favor will be returned in a non-sexual way, such as a dinner date.
The study, conducted by a team at the Texas Tech University Department of Psychological Sciences, began by investigating what people’s motives are for sending erotic messages. To their surprise, they discovered three nearly equal clusters, suggesting no motivation is more common than another. “It was intriguing that two-thirds of the individuals who engaged in sexting did so for non-sexual purposes,” said one of the study’s authors. “This study highlighted the main reasons to date that individuals are motivated to sext, and it actually normalizes all three types of motivations,” the author added.
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