Thinking of buying a TV for the bedroom?
Think again -- it could ruin your sex life.
A study by an Italian sexologist has found that couples
who have a TV set in their bedroom have sex half as often
as those who don't.
"If there's no television in the bedroom, the frequency
(of sexual intercourse) doubles," said Serenella Salomoni
whose team of psychologists questioned 523 Italian couples
to see what effect television had on their sex lives.
On average, Italians who live without TV in the bedroom
have sex twice a week, or eight times a month. This drops
to an average of four times a month for those with a TV,
the study found.
For the over-50s the effect is even more marked, with
the average of seven couplings a month falling to just
1.5 times.
The study found certain programmes are far more likely
to impede passion than others. Violent films will put
a stop to sexual relations for half of all couples, while
reality shows stem passion for a third of couples.
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