11 November,2010 12:49 PM IST | | Agencies
A new survey has found out that almost one in ten men use the Internet primarily for watching pornography --u00a0and 40 pc of those watch it while their partners are sitting in the next room.
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The survey, conducted by MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, found that eight percent of the 1,183 men contacted mainly use the web to view porn sites, reports the Daily Mail.
Shockingly, a further 16 percent said that they had visited these sites while at work.
One in five of those who logged on to porn websites did so in secret, while their partner was asleep.
The survey found that a majority logged on to the web to catch up on the day's news (34 percent), followed by latest sports news (17 percent) and doing shopping (14 percent).u00a0
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Three percent admitted visited their favourite porn site daily, while 39 percent visited the sites only once a week.
Eighty three percent claimed to use the Internet daily, while 74 percent frequently accessed it on their mobile phones.
"Men using the Internet for sports news, shopping and pornography doesn't shock me at all," said Mark Pearson, chairman of MyVoucherCodes.co.uk.
"However, I was shocked to see that men use the Internet secretly; this indicates that their partners wouldn't be happy with the sites they are visiting, he added.
