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TV in the bedroom halves your sex life - study
Yahoo ^ | 1/16/2006 | Reuters

Posted on 01/16/2006 10:15:09 AM PST by RockinRight

ROME (Reuters) - 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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: italy; marriage; sex; television; tv
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To: M203M4

My spouse and I have never owned a TV. When asked by shocked friends "what do you do in the evenings?", we just smile.

I think TV causes negativity, lethargy and depression, regardless of what types of programming you watch.


41 posted on 01/16/2006 10:46:17 AM PST by Valpal1 (Crush jihadists, drive collaborators before you, hear the lamentations of their media. Allahu FUBAR!)
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To: RockinRight

Now my wife knows what to get me.


42 posted on 01/16/2006 10:46:19 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: Deguello

LOL...no DVD's.


43 posted on 01/16/2006 10:46:44 AM PST by EX52D (They say that anger is just love disappointed...)
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To: SeaBiscuit

There ARE women who prefer sex with horses....you just gotta find'em biscuit!


44 posted on 01/16/2006 10:47:03 AM PST by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (expell the fat arrogant carcasses of Congress)
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To: M203M4

"'it' went from 2-3x per week to 10-15x. Despite the small sample size, those conducting the study are eager to flesh out the long-term trend."

hold on....a tv or 2 is needed to keep me alive.


45 posted on 01/16/2006 10:47:25 AM PST by Vaquero ("An armed society is a polite society" Robert Heinlein)
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To: RockinRight
TV in the bedroom halves your sex life - study

Thank God for that. :)

46 posted on 01/16/2006 10:47:39 AM PST by new cruelty
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To: RockinRight; ecurbh

But honey! South Park's on!


47 posted on 01/16/2006 10:47:42 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: new cruelty

I won't ask why...


48 posted on 01/16/2006 10:48:15 AM PST by RockinRight ("It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc" - Coulter)
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To: RockinRight
This drops to an average of four times a month for those with a TV, the study found.

If you can guarantee me four times a month, I'll put in the TV!

49 posted on 01/16/2006 10:48:39 AM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: RockinRight
Lack of sexual desire increases with obesity.

Food is the culprit.

Lean and fit couples enjoy each other far more than lumpy ones!

50 posted on 01/16/2006 10:49:16 AM PST by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (expell the fat arrogant carcasses of Congress)
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To: Yo-Yo

LOL...

I certainly hope when I get married...that our sex life is more like post 32!!


51 posted on 01/16/2006 10:50:10 AM PST by RockinRight ("It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc" - Coulter)
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To: RockinRight

What if there are two televisions in the bedroom?


52 posted on 01/16/2006 10:50:30 AM PST by SaveTheChief (Give the Governor a harrumph!)
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To: Valpal1
I think TV causes negativity, lethargy and depression, regardless of what types of programming you watch.

Especially the news!

53 posted on 01/16/2006 10:50:38 AM PST by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (expell the fat arrogant carcasses of Congress)
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To: RockinRight

Who cares if it halves the sex life....as long as I get my half .


54 posted on 01/16/2006 10:50:43 AM PST by DainBramage
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN

Absolutely 100% true. However, if you take it too far, there starts to be a negative effect. Women who are obsessive about staying perfectly fit are often too neurotic to have good sex lives, and they tend to use sex as a weapon.

So I've heard...


55 posted on 01/16/2006 10:51:49 AM PST by RockinRight ("It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc" - Coulter)
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To: HairOfTheDog
But honey! South Park's on!

"Respect my authori-tayyyy!!

56 posted on 01/16/2006 10:52:23 AM PST by DainBramage
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To: DainBramage

But if she ain't getting her half you probably won't get yours that often, either...


57 posted on 01/16/2006 10:52:44 AM PST by RockinRight ("It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc" - Coulter)
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To: RockinRight

Bingo!


58 posted on 01/16/2006 10:53:23 AM PST by EX52D (They say that anger is just love disappointed...)
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN

LMAO!


59 posted on 01/16/2006 10:53:24 AM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
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To: RockinRight

Four times a month? So if I get a TV, my sex life will about double?


60 posted on 01/16/2006 10:53:53 AM PST by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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