In almost 4 out of 10 cases, intimate photos you sent to your boyfriend end up being viewed by people they weren’t intended for, without your consent. This is what a worrying study by the polling institute reveals Ifop for the site lemonbroadcast on November 6, 2023. Among women aged 15 to 34, 14% of them say they engage in revenge porn, this practice, however illegal which exposes its author to two years of imprisonment and a fine of 60,000 euros. Furthermore, 40% of men admit to having denigrated their ex on social networks in order to build a bad reputation after a breakup, compared to 14% of women. The study was carried out on nearly 1,000 people representative of the population, aged 15 to 34, and intends to show what are the behaviors, sometimes problematic, adopted by young people after a romantic breakup.
Jealousy: cement of the couple or poison?
The other part of the study reveals significant jealousy among most respondents. Indeed, 86% of women and 75% of men say they are embarrassed by the idea of their partner still dating their ex in real life, while 79% of women and 68% of men say they have difficulty accepting the fact that their partner follows their ex on social networks. These figures are all the more astonishing given that 70% of men and 59% of women say they are open to remaining friends with their own ex after the breakup. A discrepancy generating conflicts, in many cases, since 53% of respondents indicate that the fact that their partner still has photos of their ex on social networks could cause a argument in their relationship.
After the breakup, the difficult move on
Many young people also report continue to find out about their ex’s actions on social networks after a breakup. Thus, 64% of them claim to have already consulted the profile of a former relationship. Among them, 21% still do it several months after the breakup, while 43% say they have stopped doing it. Among men, particularly, this “ex spying” can go up to the creation of fake accounts on social networks, in 39% of cases. This figure is 22% for women. On average, 75% of young people have already adopted a strategy, such as publishing story or post targeted, to try to make their ex jealous. A glimmer of hope, however, suggests that a certain number of young people are seeking to experience a post-breakup period soothed. In fact, 62% of them limit contact with their ex by blocking them or deleting exchanges with their account.