Gender and texting: Masculinity, femininity, and gender role ideology
Femininity predicted emoticon use; was used most frequently. Texting interfered with class preparation/studying for over 70% of students. Gender-linked attitudes predicted school-related texting and relationship conflict. Men were more likely than women to receive sexually explicit text messages. Gender-linked attitudes were related to mens sending explicit texts, sexting.
texting masculinity femininity gender roles