Half the people sexting are dirty liars!

About half of people sending sexts are actually lying, according to a new study. And if you're in a committed relationship, the sexts are even more likely to be fabricated than if you're just having casual sex with your partner, CBS News reported.

About half of people sending sexts are actually lying, according to a new study. And if you're in a committed relationship, the sexts are even more likely to be fabricated than if you're just having casual sex with your partner, CBS News reported.

In a study of 155 college students, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne researchers found that 37% of people who had been in a committed relationship and 48% of active sexters had lied about what they were wearing, doing, or both.

As for casual sex partners, only 13% have lied.

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Once associated with horny high schoolers -- they were even said to use the app SnapChat to send photos instead of just texting -- sexting is now common among the larger population.

A McAfee study found that 70% of 18-24-year-olds have 'received sexually explicitly texts, videos, or pictures.'

But just because they're doing it, we can't assume they like it. In an earlier study, Drouin found that 55% of women and 48% of men have participated in 'consensual or unwanted sexting.'

She compares it to faking an orgasm in face-to-face sex, adding that people who are insecure in their relationships or hesitant to get attached are more likely to do it.

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The results also showed that 45% of the women had lied, compared to 24% of men. This, too, lines up with research on faking an orgasm.

The study is published online in the journal Computers in Human Behavior. (ANI)