Sexting: a gendered response to the advancement of technology in everyday life.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-66)This paper will address the electronic exchange of sexually explicit material, otherwise known as sexting. Specifically, addressing the dynamics of sexting as a social interaction and the affect it has on intimate relationships. A sample of twenty-three participants between the ages of eighteen to twenty-one was interviewed for this study. Building on a Dramaturgical perspective and the concept of ???doing gender,??? this study builds on individuals managing their self-presentations in ways that both reproduce and sustain societal norms of hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity. Using a grounded theory approach, this study examines how women and men discuss their public presentations and gender performances in the context of a frontstage performance. The findings from this study can better illuminate how men and women actively negotiate doing gender when they are sexting