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Sextortion Scams Are Driving Teen Boys to Suicide (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

My recollection of a study about 20 years back where they asked college women to ask out guys at random. About a third of the guys who said yes were in a relationship.

[–] cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

oh thats interesting and sad. do you know which study that was?

also not trying to be dismissive, but I wonder how they asked the men out. like was it clear that it was a date or could it be mistaken for someone who was looking for someone to drink a beer together?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I doubt I'll find it;; it was in the paper-journals era. If I recall correctly, the form of question ranged from "it's a date" to "let's sleep together"

A LOT of guys at that age just want to get laid more, and a big chunk simply don't care about existing relationships if they think they can get away with it. This matches my personal experience.

[–] cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

man thats proper sad then