Irish are no longer sexually repressed - down and dirty photos the norm
By: Jacinta Reilly | Published Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 11:01 PM | Updated Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 11:01 PM
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| Irish couples are getting risque |
More than 30 percent of Irish people have called in sick to work to stay at home and have sex, a new survey from Durex has revealed. But a mere seven percent said they regularly have checks for STDs.
Revealing Ireland’s love for lust, the research was released to coincide with National Condom Week.
Over 1,000 people contributed to the survey which found that Irish people prefer women on top and the doggie style position and are also partial to kinky gadgets in the bedroom.
Some 16 percent of respondents said they have also texted a naked picture of themselves to someone, reports the
Cork Independent.One-in-ten people admitted to sleeping with a new love interest within an hour of meeting them, while one-in-five said that they have slept with someone after knowing them for less than two hours.
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Some 38 percent of people admitted to discussing fantasies with their partner and 19 percent have engaged in role play.
One-in-five have done a strip tease and over 20 percent have introduced food into the bedroom.
The Irish Durex National Condom Week began on Monday 24 October and runs through to October 30. The annual initiative is aimed at promoting safer sex and encouraging the country to use condoms.
Miriam Abel, Brand Manager at Durex says, “It is fantastic to see 53 percent of people always use a condom, but also concerning that only seven percent get regular STI checks.
“Carrying a condom can quite literally be lifesaving and should be as commonplace as picking up your keys or your wallet,” Abel added.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Happyhippo | Nov 22, 2012, 11:15 AM EST
Yea it most likely coincide's with the loss of influence of the Catholic church in Ireland because the people preaching the evils of sex had no problem giving in to temptation themselves.
ciaradexy | Feb 10, 2012, 03:04 PM EST
Maryo, so was sex less common in your day or was it just between priests and kids?
seamusryan | Oct 31, 2011, 12:14 AM EDT
That story about the woman dying after having sex with a dog is months old. Perhaps it's just taken a while to pitter patter across the Atlantic. In any case, generalising from the specific (as that would be) is, I'm afraid, poor logic.
maryo137 | Oct 27, 2011, 10:38 AM EDT
I guess its no coincidence that this story appears at the same time as one about a woman dying after having sex with a dog. Moderation has never been a trait of the irish.
Murph46 | Oct 25, 2011, 03:57 PM EDT
Only 30% ?
maryo137 | Oct 25, 2011, 10:22 AM EDT
Sex, Drugs and Crime are now commonplace; It's not the place I grew up in. We didn't have locks on our doors when we were growing up, Crime and drugs were unheard of. Suicide was a true rarity. Now look at the numbers compared to 50 years ago.
Springfield9 | Oct 25, 2011, 09:51 AM EDT
Carrying a few condoms is a wonderful thought but it might shake the old lady a bit.
antoman | Oct 25, 2011, 08:56 AM EDT
We have'nt been repressed sexually since the mid 80's when washing machines became readily available to all. Before that you washed your good underpants in the sink in preparation for the weekend. Now you can wear it all week long. Women in Ireland like a clean underpants on a bloke.