Men's New Excuse For Not Wanting Sex

Abuja - It seems the age old excuse of faking a
headache has been given the red card by
football fans with the more honest ‘I want to
watch football’ as the most common way to
get out of having sex, a study revealed.
The British survey was commissioned by Durex
as part of their #DontFakeIt campaign to
highlight how football affects couples’ sex life.
Researchers found that whilst being honest was
favoured by most people, many are still likely to
fake illness or injury to get out of having sex.
Excuses such as, ‘I’ve got a bad back’ or ‘I’m
too tired’, ‘I’ve got a headache’ and ‘I’ve been
working late’ were added to the top five
excuses.
The prospect of a big football match is exciting
and for some not even the offer of bedroom
action is going to get in the way of their
viewing time.
Researchers also discovered that despite the
common perception of men rarely being the
ones to turn down the offer of some action
between the sheets, 40 percent admit they will
reject their other half’s offer so they can watch
the game instead.
Even if they do get intimate with their partners,
42 percent will try to ‘get it over with quickly’ in
order to leave them free to watch the game in
peace. However, it also emerged that 37
percent would ditch the excuses and accept
their partner’s offer of sex if they could still
have the TV on to keep an eye on the pitch-side
action at the same time.
Durex believes nothing should get in the way of
great sex, not even the beautiful game. From
the elaborate excuses people make in order to
watch a game through to those on the pitch
partaking in ever more melodramatic dives,
Durex says no more. Sex and football should be
a fake free zone.
Bevan Lewis, Marketing Manager for the brand
says, “There is a stereotype that women often
make excuses to avoid sex but according to
these statistics when the game is on, the tables
are turned.
"Considering that 82 percent of South Africans
believe that sex is beneficial to their health and
well-being we encourage couples to turn back
the attention on building intimacy and a
satisfying sex life once the game is over.”