Sexting y sexualidad de los jóvenes de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Facultad de Jurisprudencia y Ciencias Sociales

Abstract

The research contains the incidence of sexting in the sexuality of young people of the Technical University of Ambato, Faculty of Jurisprudence and Social Sciences, referring to sexting as the activity of sending photographs and videos with content of a certain sexual level, taken or recorded by the protagonist of them; and how it affects sexuality. The research was conducted to the students of the Faculty of Jurisprudence and Social Sciences. The population consists of 72.6% of women (n = 204) and 27.4% of men (n = 77). A 35.6% (n = 100) has real participation in sexting (provides intimate information), 36.7% (n = 103) has active disposition to sexting (send or receive photos or videos of erotic content), a 28.1% (n = 79) has emotional expression to sexting (emotions and consequences of performing sexting) and responsible sexuality is low with 53% (n = 149). Because there is no research within the Faculty of Jurisprudence and Social Sciences, the research will allow authorities, teachers and students to better understand how these phenomena affect the way of communicating in a technological world.