TV in the bedroom halves your sex life - study

guiseppewv · 01-16-2006, 02:37 PM

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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.

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No TV in my bedroom.

ialsohaveadream · 01-16-2006, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by guiseppewv

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No TV in my bedroom.

Why not? Zero cut in half is still zero.

ArkiStan · 01-16-2006, 05:33 PM

So if I get rid of the TV in my bedroom, I'll actually be able to fondle both breasts before I fall asleep?

speedracer120 · 01-16-2006, 06:14 PM

Well I guess there'll be no TV in my bedroom until the wifey turns to wrinkly to enjoy.

MrGreg · 01-16-2006, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by speedracer120

Well I guess there'll be no TV in my bedroom until the wifey turns to wrinkly to enjoy.

Too wrinkly for you to enjoy, or too wrinkly for her to enjoy?

speedracer120 · 01-16-2006, 06:56 PM

Either condition would be sufficient. Of course this is hypothetical, seeing as how I haven't even a girl to call a SO. Maybe by then I'd get a trophy wife replacement.

blueindian · 01-16-2006, 07:49 PM

i have to concur with thier findings. we got rid of the bedroom tv and are enjoying more frequent (and, honestly, better) sex.

brainsmile · 01-16-2006, 09:43 PM

what's tv?

oblongmelon · 01-16-2006, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by blueindian

i have to concur with thier findings. we got rid of the bedroom tv and are enjoying more frequent (and, honestly, better) sex.

and btw..how is the house coming? any recent updated photos???

Jane83 · 01-17-2006, 01:36 AM

i think the tv in the bedroom with the volume up loud keeps the bedroom noise down so the roommate doesnt hear...
if tv is the reason for lack of sex, thats a lame excuse.

guiseppewv · 01-17-2006, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ialsohaveadream

Why not? Zero cut in half is still zero.

No TV b/c I don't like to watch TV before I go to sleep.

molecularfire · 01-17-2006, 11:48 AM

Man, I'm pitiful. I currently have neither.

Kevster · 01-17-2006, 12:09 PM

There's never been a TV in our bedroom and we certainly beat the italian average by a 2:1 margin.

blueindian · 01-17-2006, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by oblongmelon

and btw..how is the house coming? any recent updated photos???

we're getting it reappraised tomorrow morning, w00t! I've been holding off on any updates until that's done.

ufcrusher · 01-18-2006, 11:48 AM

I guess it all depends on what the TV in your bedroom is showing. If the TV is blaring that lovely p0rn0-type music and you happen to be trying to show the professionals how its really done...well then, no harm.

However, if the TV is showing the same thing and the only thing being beat is you by yourself......while your SO is sleeping away, thats sad.

Personally, I have always had a TV in the bedroom and I am still making those Italians look like they are abstaining. I think the problem is if you are paying more attention to the woman on the set rather than the woman on your bed set...then you have a problem. Or if you are unwilling to turn off whatever is on, no matter where in the program it is playing....except football of course.

I'm kidding on the football.

dsuds · 01-18-2006, 02:23 PM

Kevster & ufcrusher,

I had read somewhere that the average American couple is sexually active 3 times a month. You guys are on one end on the spectrum and I'm on the other.

[Cartman]
I hate you guys.... I hate you so much!!
[/Cartman]

ufcrusher · 01-19-2006, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by dsuds

Kevster & ufcrusher,

I had read somewhere that the average American couple is sexually active 3 times a month. You guys are on one end on the spectrum and I'm on the other.

[Cartman]
I hate you guys.... I hate you so much!!
[/Cartman]

That figure cant be right....honestly, who in the hell would settle for 3 times a month. And before anyone says "Wait until you have been together a while"...we are well past the "honeymoon" period and as my wife pointed out the other day, we have been together for a little under a 1/3 of our lives.

Kevster · 01-19-2006, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ufcrusher

That figure cant be right....honestly, who in the hell would settle for 3 times a month. And before anyone says "Wait until you have been together a while"...we are well past the "honeymoon" period and as my wife pointed out the other day, we have been together for a little under a 1/3 of our lives.

Mrs Kevster and I have been together about 1/3 of our lives too.

avlena · 01-19-2006, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ufcrusher

That figure cant be right....honestly, who in the hell would settle for 3 times a month. And before anyone says "Wait until you have been together a while"...we are well past the "honeymoon" period and as my wife pointed out the other day, we have been together for a little under a 1/3 of our lives.

do you have kids?

I suspect that they're not settling... it's just that sometimes life happens. it's not like the couple is both sitting in the bed, frustrated, not talking to each other about it.

You're exhausted from work, you're trying to squeeze a million things into a day that's too short, trying to cook a healthy dinner, you're trying to help the kids with their homework, trying to get to sleep early so that you can wake up early for the gym, whatever, and you end up passing out the second your head hits the pillow. Before you know it, a few weeks have gone by, and no sex.

I can totally see that happening, especially for a couple with a few kids. And the number kinda makes sense - once a weekend, when you have a bit more time to breathe.

That's why a lot of advice columns and medical professionals advise married couples to schedule a regular time for sex and couple-time, because sometimes life just doesn't allow for much romance.

Paymaster · 01-19-2006, 01:57 PM

Maybe the cause and effect are reversed... maybe the couples in the study put a TV in the bedroom because nothing was going on in there anyway!

esme · 01-19-2006, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by avlena

do you have kids?

I suspect that they're not settling... it's just that sometimes life happens. it's not like the couple is both sitting in the bed, frustrated, not talking to each other about it.

You're exhausted from work, you're trying to squeeze a million things into a day that's too short, trying to cook a healthy dinner, you're trying to help the kids with their homework, trying to get to sleep early so that you can wake up early for the gym, whatever, and you end up passing out the second your head hits the pillow. Before you know it, a few weeks have gone by, and no sex.

I can totally see that happening, especially for a couple with a few kids. And the number kinda makes sense - once a weekend, when you have a bit more time to breathe.

That's why a lot of advice columns and medical professionals advise married couples to schedule a regular time for sex and couple-time, because sometimes life just doesn't allow for much romance.

which is why we have QUICKIES

.....

ufcrusher · 01-19-2006, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by avlena

do you have kids?

I suspect that they're not settling... it's just that sometimes life happens. it's not like the couple is both sitting in the bed, frustrated, not talking to each other about it.

You're exhausted from work, you're trying to squeeze a million things into a day that's too short, trying to cook a healthy dinner, you're trying to help the kids with their homework, trying to get to sleep early so that you can wake up early for the gym, whatever, and you end up passing out the second your head hits the pillow. Before you know it, a few weeks have gone by, and no sex.

I can totally see that happening, especially for a couple with a few kids. And the number kinda makes sense - once a weekend, when you have a bit more time to breathe.

That's why a lot of advice columns and medical professionals advise married couples to schedule a regular time for sex and couple-time, because sometimes life just doesn't allow for much romance.

Isnt that what Au pairs are for? Either you get one to take care of the kids or if that doesnt work, to take care of you.

I'm kidding of course.

Actually, most sex therapists recommend putting the kids to bed at a standard time each night, no deviations, even for weekends. This gives the parents some "alone" time each night.

shocky123 · 01-20-2006, 10:28 AM

"0/2 == 0" ahahaha, that's great, but sadly true :'(

~Kyle

01-16-2006, 06:14 PM	#4
speedracer120 Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: HB,CA/PA Posts: 3,437	Well I guess there'll be no TV in my bedroom until the wifey turns to wrinkly to enjoy. __________________ Off in La La Land

01-16-2006, 07:49 PM	#7
blueindian Vice Admiral Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: down in the ghetto Posts: 4,142	i have to concur with thier findings. we got rid of the bedroom tv and are enjoying more frequent (and, honestly, better) sex. __________________ yeah, pretty much we missed the boat on that one. but it's still here. get you some.

01-16-2006, 09:43 PM	#8
brainsmile Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: woah... why is welfareloser here with me so early in the morning and more importantly why am I wearing her clothes?!? Posts: 13,754	what's tv? __________________ ********************************** DCM #1 (Founder) "Nobody beats Vitus Gerulaitis 18 times in a row." - Vitus Gerulaitis on beating Jimmy Connors after 17 failed attempts.

01-17-2006, 11:48 AM	#12
molecularfire Admiral Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Walking through a lemon grove looking for one good orange Posts: 6,134	Man, I'm pitiful. I currently have neither. __________________ Disclaimer - The above opinion should not be taken as medical advise. My only advise is to talk to your doctor. If you are stupid enough to take anything I say seriously, you have nobody to blame for your cranio-anal inversion but your stupid self. I may not be smart enough to do everything but I am dumb enough to try anything. - Beastboy.

01-17-2006, 12:09 PM	#13
Kevster Admiral Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NorCal Posts: 6,124	There's never been a TV in our bedroom and we certainly beat the italian average by a 2:1 margin. __________________ I think over again My small adventures, my fears. The small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, the only thing: To live to see the great day that dawns, And the light that fills the world. -old Inuit song

01-16-2006, 05:33 PM	#3
ArkiStan Admiral Join Date: May 2000 Location: Recession Central Posts: 5,898	So if I get rid of the TV in my bedroom, I'll actually be able to fondle both breasts before I fall asleep?

01-16-2006, 06:56 PM	#6
speedracer120 Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: HB,CA/PA Posts: 3,437	Either condition would be sufficient. Of course this is hypothetical, seeing as how I haven't even a girl to call a SO. Maybe by then I'd get a trophy wife replacement.

01-17-2006, 01:36 AM	#10
Jane83 Commander Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: S. Pasadena Posts: 1,452	i think the tv in the bedroom with the volume up loud keeps the bedroom noise down so the roommate doesnt hear... if tv is the reason for lack of sex, thats a lame excuse.

01-18-2006, 11:48 AM	#15
ufcrusher Admiral Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boca Raton, FL: By way of: Poway, CA; Gainesville, Fl; Penn Valley, Pa. Posts: 5,680	I guess it all depends on what the TV in your bedroom is showing. If the TV is blaring that lovely p0rn0-type music and you happen to be trying to show the professionals how its really done...well then, no harm. However, if the TV is showing the same thing and the only thing being beat is you by yourself......while your SO is sleeping away, thats sad. Personally, I have always had a TV in the bedroom and I am still making those Italians look like they are abstaining. I think the problem is if you are paying more attention to the woman on the set rather than the woman on your bed set...then you have a problem. Or if you are unwilling to turn off whatever is on, no matter where in the program it is playing....except football of course. I'm kidding on the football. __________________ Welcome my son, welcome to the machine...Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been....

01-18-2006, 02:23 PM	#16
dsuds Lieutenant Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: wherever you go, there you are Posts: 388	Kevster & ufcrusher, I had read somewhere that the average American couple is sexually active 3 times a month. You guys are on one end on the spectrum and I'm on the other. [Cartman] I hate you guys.... I hate you so much!! [/Cartman]

01-19-2006, 01:57 PM	#20
Paymaster Commander Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 1,367	Maybe the cause and effect are reversed... maybe the couples in the study put a TV in the bedroom because nothing was going on in there anyway! __________________ "eh, take your opinion and shove it... somewhere else other than this thread" ~ welfareloser

01-20-2006, 10:28 AM	#23
shocky123 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 828	"0/2 == 0" ahahaha, that's great, but sadly true :'( ~Kyle __________________ "me awaits onslaught of estrogen fury." -CornMonkey "5. When your friend dates a woman that is absolutely terrible for him, and she's wrecking his life, it's your duty to openly hate her, and point out how evil she is." -ialsohaveadream

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