Women prefer the Internet to sex!
By Davey Winder in Editorial
Look, I am none too happy about the news myself, but an Intel sponsored survey has dropped the bombshell that 52 percent of women between the ages of 35 and 44 would rather go without sex for a fortnight than lose access to the Internet for that two week period. Younger women, in the 18 to 34 year old bracket, are pretty much of the same mind with the figure being a tad lower at 49 percent.
Men, predictably, are more reticent when it comes to going without a little slap and tickle. But maybe not as much as you might imagine, with a sizable 39 percent of men in the 18 to 34 range opting for online access over sex.
The survey, Internet Reliance in Today’s Economy, also revealed that 65 percent of adults just simply could not live without Internet access. Although I suspect that this is something of an overstatement to be fair. I can run with the 95 percent who said that Internet access was either important or very important. Heck, I book the family holidays these days taking Internet access into account. No WiFi in the rental cottage? No holiday I am afraid.
Maybe that is because I am a work-oholic. Maybe it is because I am an info-oholic. Maybe the truth is a combination of the two, which thankfully morph into one given my profession anyway.
The point being that I can truly understand people feeling that Internet access is more important than a digital TV subscription (39 percent), eating out (20 percent) and shopping for clothes (18 percent.) Being a geek I can totally sympathise with the 10 percent who rate getting online as more important than belonging to a gym.
But Internet access or sex? Damn, that’s a call that nobody should be forced into making.
Mind you, with the news that three quarters of a million Brits use a mobile phone while having sex one does have to wonder if there is not a compromise to be made here. Maybe someone could develop a web browser app for the iPhone that can be used while, er, otherwise occupied…
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Loading ...Comment by - December 31, 2008 on 4:21 pm
Well I guess women are getting us guys back for always watching footie!
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