Cyber-compulsive.It may come as no surprise to some, but gay men are among those at highest risk for becoming "cybersex The online equivalent of a telephone sex line, with two differences. First, it typically takes place in a chat room or IRC channel. Second, it is almost always a non-paid conversation between consenting adults. compulsives," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new study out of Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . Psychologist psy·chol·o·gist n. A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy. psychologist Al Cooper, who classifies compulsives as those who use their computers more than 11 hours a week for sex, conducted his research by posting a survey on MSNBC.com for two months. Of the more than 9,000 people who completed his survey--all of whom have visited sex Web sites--70% said they keep their online sexual escapades secret. Cooper's research, which is the most comprehensive study on online sex to date, also suggests that these sexual pursuits might be going on in a cubicle near you: 20% of the men and 12% of the women who answered the survey said they use their work computer to access sexual material. |
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