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Who's got TV's in the bedroom?

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Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
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The Cleft of Venus
..humm... :oink:

TV in the bedroom halves your sex life - study
Mon Jan 16, 11:57 AM ET

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.
 

binary visions

The voice of reason
Jun 13, 2002
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I've always objected to TVs in the bedroom. It'd be nice once in a while to have one in there, but I've always been of the belief that there's a certain things bedrooms should be used for, and watching TV ain't one of them...
 

hooples3

Fuggetaboutit!
Mar 14, 2005
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nope .. never a tv in there.... the bedroom is good for one thing only... sleep
actually i call our bedroom "the arena"
 

Ciaran

Fear my banana
Apr 5, 2004
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TV and DVD player in ours. The cats like to watch Springer during the day.

And we knock boots very very often.
 

jacksonpt

Turbo Monkey
Jul 22, 2002
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SkaredShtles said:
So................ is it detrimental to the boot-knockin' frequency? :)
I dunno - can't remember the last time I had sex, so I don't really have anything to compare it to. But that cetainly isn't a good sign for the whole TV versus sex thing.