Revealed: What people think is cheating and what isn't during lockdown
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People were asked what they thought counted as cheating during the coronavirus lockdown – and the results threw up some surprising answers.
Sexy phone or video calls, as well as sexting and exchanging nudes are all considered cheating.
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Hide AdBut likes on social media, flirty banter in a group chat, and chatting to an old flame fall into the not cheating bracket.
And porn is only cheating when it’s paid for, and faithful when it’s free!
The results come from a study of members on IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s largest extramarital dating site.
This is what people said is cheating
Cheating
Sexy phone or video calls
Sexting
Exchanging nudes
Porn you’ve paid for
Using online dating sites
Catcalling
Not Cheating:
Likes on social media
Free pornographyFlirty banter in group chats
Chatting to an old flame
Sexy thoughts about somebody else
Reading erotic novels
Sexy phone calls and video calls are unanimously considered cheating by men (98%) and women (100%)
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Hide AdA quarter more women than men agree that porn you’ve paid for is cheating.
1% more women (98%) than men (97%) agree that exchanging nudes is adulterous.
Nearly all of the men (96%) and women (91%) do not recognize likes on social media to be unfaithful. Keeping social media in the safe zone for committed couples.
There were a few discrepancies between genders, with 86% of men saying free ponography was not cheating compared to just 74% of women.
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Hide Ad73% of men believe flirty banter in group chats is not considered an act of deceit, whilst just a little over half 56% of women agreed.
More women (70%) than men (57%) concede that chatting to an old flame is not cheating.
Sex and relationships expert Jessica Leoni said “It’s about time myths around what is and what isn’t cheating were debunked. We're going to reach a virtual cheating spike over the next couple of months as tensions are high at home and spouses are looking for an outlet.”