The devil makes work for idle hands, especially if you’re a a teenager: according to a new survey, UK teens spend 87 hours a year looking at porn. Yes, 87 hours. Can we blame this on the snow?
The survey, carried out by onepoll.com for parental lock software CyberSentinel found that UK teens spend at least one hour and 40 minutes a week looking at porn – that’s just under 87 hours a year. Or to put it another way, three and a half days of non-stop onanism, or 5,220 minutes of continuous solo copulation. You get the drift.
Teens also spend a further three and a half hours a week chatting on MSN, and just over three hours on homework, though the survey, which questioned 1,000 teens aged 13-16, doesn’t say if this is simultaneous with the blue browsing. We hope not, for the keyboard’s sake.
Of course, it’s worth pointing out that this type of survey is hardly representative. For one thing, online surveys require people to join the panel base in the first place, and the more serial “offenders” are surely less likely to sign up for something like that.
Mind you, we’ve a sneeking suspicion 87 hours understates the reality. Give us your own mucky thoughts in the comments section below.
Out TBC | £TBC | CyberSentinel
