Bhubaneswar: Sexting on smartphone apps is a universal phenomenon and India is no exception to this rule, finds a new study – ‘Mobile sex-tech apps: How use differs across global areas of high and low gender equality’.
The study was published in the science journal ‘PLOS ONE’, which revealed that about 19 per cent Indian women used an app for hookups, long-term or short-term relationships, which was slightly lower than the global average of 21 per cent.
It also found that about 62 per cent of desi women engaged in sexting, reported Times Now.
The data for the survey was collected via an anonymous questionnaire and got responses from 1,30,885 women in 191 countries, including 23,093 from India.
According to the report, researchers found that women in countries with higher gender inequality were over four times more likely to take to sexting than those in more egalitarian regions.
Women in places with greater gender inequality were twice as likely to use apps to improve their sexual relationships, while those from places with lower gender inequality used it to learn about sexual relationships, the study added.
