Seems that the British male is less interested in bonking his partner than in the past. As to possible explanations:
Cooper, who is professor of organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University, also blamed Britain’s culture of long working hours. ‘Britain’s work culture has gone from 9 to 5 to extremely long hours, which makes for a very stressful life,’ he said. ‘Stress can be cumulative, which means eventually people can find it impossible to switch off and relax.’
I think we can put that to one side. Average working hours have been declining for men for more than a century. You know, this evidence thing….
6 responses so far ↓
1 donaldbane // May 4, 2008 at 12:41 pm
How come the Google Adwords came up with those links?
2 donaldbane // May 4, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Ignore that last comment. The words have now changed. Not nearly as amusing.
3 dearieme // May 4, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Do the hours worked figures apply only to men in work, or are they averaging over the sundry dole bludgers too?
4 Jim Winfield // May 4, 2008 at 4:32 pm
I read somewhere that in peasant societies in averages out to once a day (or night), in spite of 12 hour work days. They’ve got nothing else to do, you see. Install electricity, light bulbs and TV, then birthrate drops, which is a proxy for the frequency of bonking. I suppose that’s someone’s fault, though I can’t work out who to blame.
5 Little Black Sambo // May 4, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Cooper is an expert on marital stress, having caused a great deal of it in the past.
6 The Great Simpleton // May 4, 2008 at 10:41 pm
If memory serves the birth rate went up about 9 months after the 3 day week and constant elecricty cuts.
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