{"id":39817,"date":"2022-11-27T09:02:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T08:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/?p=39817"},"modified":"2022-11-29T08:43:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T07:43:41","slug":"sex-or-soccer-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/sex-or-soccer-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"2 in 5 People Would Rather Watch Soccer Than Have Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A survey by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LELO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discovered that, contrary to common belief, men are rarely inclined to turn down sex to watch soccer&#8230; even in the dawn of the FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar this winter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A poll of 11,000 supporters worldwide shows that only 20% will say \u2018no\u2019 to their other half so they can watch the football instead, and would go celibate to see their team win the championship. Also, one in five thinks their significant other is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a football widow<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">51% would have sex even though soccer is on TV, 8% would have a quickie, and 8% would position themselves so that they can see the TV while having sex, the survey claims. As reassuring as that is, a quarter of the participants claim they would be thinking of football during sex. And one in three participants admitted they occasionally come up with a white lie so they could watch footba<\/span>ll.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When asked if soccer is more important than sex:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39818 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lelo-sex-or-soccer-survey.png\" alt=\"lelo sex or soccer survey\" width=\"719\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lelo-sex-or-soccer-survey.png 719w, https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/lelo-sex-or-soccer-survey-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Losing interest in sex from time to time is common, and libido levels vary throughout life. It\u2019s also normal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lelo.com\/blog\/dealing-with-mismatched-libidos\/\">your sex drive to not match your partner\u2019s<\/a> sometimes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While only one in five would choose football over sex, 45% of those surveyed say their team winning a game would make them horny. Others claim they would be affected by their team losing &#8211; 41% would lose interest if their team lost, and 25% would want to have sex even\u00a0 more following their team losing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s commonly believed<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that people, men, in particular, will forget about everything during the World Cup, including their better halves. The survey conducted by LELO addressed a common sex myth that sports decrease desire. This survey says that sex still is a priority, and it makes sense since we all are emotional, sexual beings that need love, attention and affection.\u201d says Luka Matutinovi\u0107, LELO CMO.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey by LELO discovered that, contrary to common belief, men are rarely inclined to turn down sex to watch soccer&#8230; even in the dawn of the FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar this winter.\u00a0\u00a0 A poll of 11,000 supporters worldwide shows that only 20% will say \u2018no\u2019 to their other half so they can watch the football instead, and would go celibate to see their team win the championship. 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