Revenge sex means different things to different people.

What revenge sex means to you depends on your motivation for doing it. Some people go out looking for a bang to get back at the person who broke up with them. Others do it in an attempt to get over someone.

Getting your heart broken or mistreated by someone you care about hurts, and like angry sex, revenge sex is a common knee-jerk reaction to being scorned.

In a 2014 study of 170 undergrad students who had experienced a breakup within the previous eight months, 25% admitted to having had sex as a form of revenge. Those who’d been broken up with or were angry were most likely to do it.

For others, it’s a type of breakup sex
Just like breakup sex, some will go out and get some as a way to show their ex what they’re missing. The difference being that instead of having sex with your ex, you have it with someone else.

Often, it’s a form of rebound sex
You know the old saying: "The best way to get over someone is to get under someone else". Well, for some, revenge sex takes on more of a rebound sex flavour as an attempt to get over someone faster.

Why do people do it?
They often blame it on their feeling at that moment. Even the least vindictive person can be driven to revenge sex after a difficult breakup or betrayal.

Here are a few possible reasons why people do it...CONTINUE READING