Watching lots of porn is the secret to a successful marriage, if you’re a woman
Research has found wives who regularly watch blue movies have happier marriages
THE secret to a happy marriage is watching porn - but only if you’re a woman.
According new research, wives who regularly watch blue movies are much more likely to be happily married than those who don’t.
But men are more prone to being miserable in marriage if they watch X-rated flicks frequently.
The findings, published in the latest Archives of Sexual Behaviour, previous studies that suggests porn has a negative influence all round.
But researchers who carried out the latest probe, think women may simply be more at ease watching such material - and probably use it to spice up things in their own relationship.
Men, however, tend to use porn as a substitute for sex when their own love life is flagging, or they are away from their partner for long periods.
Despite the short-term pleasure it gives, porn simply reminds them how unhappy they are.
Access to sex films has never been easier with the boom in availability of online material.
But psychologists are still debating the real impact of porn's popularity.
Researchers at Oklahoma University quizzed 400 men and women in the US on their viewing habits in 2006 and then followed them up six years later.
They wanted to see what long-term impact porn use had on marriages.
Most men who were frequent viewers said they had marital problems.
But happiness scores for women went up the more sex action they saw.
In a report researchers said: 'The negative effect of porn use on marital quality applied to husbands, but not wives.
'In fact, wives who viewed pornography more frequently reported higher marital quality than those who viewed it less frequently or not at all.'
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Scientists said another explanation could be the type of material the two sexes watch.
Men tend to view clips depicting degradation of women.
But their wives usually opt for more intimate or sensual scenes.
Online sex channel PornHub recently said Britain has the second highest viewing traffic in the world.
And data on search terms suggest most Brits are turned on by lesbian action.
I'M HARD AT WORK
ONE in ten office staff has watched porn on a work computer or phone, a survey has revealed.
A poll of 1,000 office workers for mobile casino LeoVegas.co.uk found that 10 per cent confessed to watching X-rated movies on work computers, laptops or mobiles.
A further 11 per cent admitted searching online for a new job at their desk, while eight per cent said they had been caught watching TV or a film while in the office.
Craig Spence, 27, said he had been rumbled watching porn by his manager and had been issued with a formal warning by bosses at his building firm.
He said: "I was bored at work and a friend sent me an email to a link to a daft porn film and I clicked on it.
"It just so happened the boss was passing and I got a verbal warning for misusing company property. I was lucky to keep my job."