OVERCONFIDE? 1 In 5 College Freshmen's Facebook Profiles Include Sexual Intentions

One in five college freshmen's Facebook includes a reference to sex, signaling intent to go get some.

One in five college freshmen’s Facebook includes a reference to sex, signaling intent to go get some.

So suggests a study published in the Journal of Sex Research.

Now let’s qualify: The study looked at only 85 Facebook profiles of college freshmen who all attend the same university, which hardly makes for a representative sample that would support a definitive conclusion.

The researchers interviewed 118 freshmen at the aforementioned institution, but didn’t name the school, nor explain why the study only examined 85 of the students’ Facebook profiles.

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