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One in five of millions of people watch pornography during the working day, according to the UK’s media watchdog.

The Ofcom study revealed that 21 per cent of 13.8 million people watch online pornography between 9am and 5.30pm for an average of 55 minutes.

The regulator said it was unclear whether this was because of more people working from home as there were not previous figures to compare with.

Adults only spent more time watching pornography between midnight and 9am, with 59 minutes on average, according to the study. Seventy-three per cent of those doing so were men.

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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

55 minutes??? People DO watch it for the plot

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

55 times a day?!

[–] NIB@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's called edging and it's art.

[–] Themadwizardspeaks@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or two sittings? Combining to that average...

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Got to get that first thing in the morning nut, then there's the lunch time pick me up...

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Between the /normal/ working hours of 9-5. NOT during their actual workday, as in they didn't correlate the results with the user's actual work schedule.

Pretty disingenuous title.

[–] Tischkante@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 1 year ago

That data would be interesting to check, somehow I doubt the 50+ minutes makes sense. Maybe a median would be better.

Also writing "during the working day" as if everyone works at the same time on all days of the year…

[–] TinklesMcPoo@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We should... We should be able to watch a little porn at work

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

As a treat.

[–] knightry@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I'm not in trouble at all!

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago

Truly an important use of surveillance

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Was going to post this!

[–] alienanimals@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

With a little more surveillance we could figure out if they've purchased their porn watching license.

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Oi! D'you 'ave a loicense to choke that chicken?!

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People must have a lot of... time on their hands.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

... a lot of something on their hands, anyway.

[–] DeadWorld@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What else am i supposed to do at work?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DeadWorld@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Im keeping rhythm. If you dont like it take the train

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I was just thinking about that one!!

[–] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago
[–] Infynis@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd be very interested to see this divided by the type of work people are doing. I bet people with more private workspaces, like people working from home, and executives, probably contribute to this statistic much more than people stuck in open plan offices.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

A friend of mine keeps getting told off by his headmaster, now I know why.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Talk about an absolutely worthless study that means nothing at all.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


One in five of millions of people watch pornography during the working day, according to the UK’s media watchdog.

The Ofcom study revealed that 21 per cent of 13.8 million people watch online pornography between 9am and 5.30pm for an average of 55 minutes.

Adults only spent more time watching pornography between midnight and 9am, with 59 minutes on average, according to the study.

In April last year, former MP Neil Parish resigned after he was caught watching pornography twice in the House of Commons.

The former Tiverton and Honiton MP admitted to watching explicit content inside the chamber, claiming the first time was accidental while looking at tractors but the second was a “moment of madness”.

A three-part study of 2,500 men and women in Hungary found eight different motivations behind internet pornography use.


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