Internet infidelity: are we all at it?
March 25th, 2007 by The BabeA survey of 15,000 US internet users in 2004 revealed that 32% of women, and 13% of men believed the web encouraged adultery.
Another UK study, published by the BBC, showed that 30% of internet users who have online lovers admit to having had sex with their virtual partners in the flesh.
Sexual equality – The same BBC study revealed that younger people are more likely candidates for webultery, and women are as likely as men to be unfaithful.
Slipping through the net – It also revealed that 70% of women and 54% of men remained in the dark about their spouses extramarital activity.
Porn ratings – In the US, meeting a new lover online and an obsessive interest in pornography are the top problems cited in internet-related divorce cases.
Too much chat – Other reasons for the breakdown of marriages, a panel of Chicago lawyers say, include excessive use of the net and chat rooms.
Email evidence – Staying in the US, 22% of men, and 14% of women have strayed at least once during their marriages. Peoples’ online activities are also being used against them in divorce cases. Almost 80% of US attorneys said that incriminatory emails had been part of divorce proceedings.
