Cosmopolitan India – August 2019

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Between 3D-sex chat rooms and incognito messaging apps, sneaking around

is getting a whole lot sneakier. By Julia Pugachevsky

A

lthough they weren’t

invented for this reason,

the Internet, social media,

and apps have ended up

making it insanely easy for people

in committed relationships to cheat.

Constant tech advances have also

introduced so many new ways to

stray that it’s almost impossible to

have any sort of standard code for

what is and isn’t infidelity anymore.

“There are all sorts of definitions

now,” says New York-based Bryony

Cole, Founder and host of the Future

Of Sex podcast. “This is the first time

in history that you can be lying in bed

next to your partner, and cheating!”

(May we add here: according to a

recent survey, Indians spend more

than 17 hours per week on social

media sites like Facebook, Twitter,

and Instagram—the highest in the

world!)

Also, coming soon: ‘sexy’ tech like

virtual reality and robotics that will

blur the lines of faithfulness even

more. Here’s your road map.

THE FUTURE OF

CHEATING