A new study out of Australia has linked cybersex and depression, claiming that people who frequent online sex sites have alarmingly high rates of depression, anxiety and stress.
What’s more, people who seek out cyber sex typically devote hours a day to the covert activity, the study found. The Australian research also revealed that overwhelmingly male, well-educated, and aged anywhere from 18 to 80 indulge in such kind of ‘pleasure’.
They spend an average of just over 12 hours on the sites each week – mostly chatting, participating in cyber sex with webcams, downloading video and images, or sending erotic emails, the study found.
The research revealed that more than 65 per cent of the 1325 American and Australian men surveyed said they had met someone off line that they had first encountered online.
The article says nothing about women, so we'd be interested to see if the study covered the ladies as well.
While we absolutely understand the appeal of cyber sex for some people, we imagine that using it in place of the real thing could get pretty fucking depressing after a while. Or maybe that's just a girl thing? Or maybe all those new Dentyne ads are right?
[Times of India: Cyber sex can cause ‘major’ depression]
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