Students who use cellphones to send e-mail are more likely to have sex?

According to a recent study done by the Japanese Association for Sex Education, students who frequently send cellphone e-mails are more likely to engage in sexual intercourse.

"E-mail leads to a strengthening and expansion of communication, which is probably why users are more sexually active," said Masahito Takahashi, a professor at Yamaguchi University who analyzed the results. "On the other hand, it appears that using the Internet on computers often does not lead to sexual activity."

The study ended up separating two different sects of e-mail users, those that use cell phones and those that use computers. Lo and behold, the geeks and otaku on the computers aren't getting any.

I could have told them that. Have you looked at the basement lurking monstrosities that relish in online worlds? Everquest players? Those guys are most likely not on the top of the dating charts.

On the alternate side of the spectrum however you have the teeny-boppers milling about in the mall, walking slowly in front of you while talking on their cellphone and dressed like hoochies. If I had to guess which one was more likely to attract sexual attention from the opposite sex I'd guess... gee, that's a tough one.

The study did however bring up the important determinate here that cellphone use, while I find it abhorrent and people with them tend to lack common courtesy, does in fact strengthen community bonds. It's the new social scene, people are connected to everyone at any time. Whereas trolls on their PC's are still very detached.

The findings on the percentage of sexually active students per grade range is quite interesting as well, I'd be curious to see how these studies would turn out in the US.

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