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Married men who have affairs don’t watch as much porn as their faithful friends, a new survey reveals.

Data by cheating website IllicitEncounters.com shows that men who don’t get it on with another woman behind their wives’ backs, watch much more pornography than those who do.

Over half of adulterers admit they’ve stopped watching porn since having an affair.

Research from the site, which has a 6% Irish membership, reveals that lads are 38% more likely to watch pornographic material if they’re in a devoted relationship.

Secret

The affairs site surveyed 1,400 of its male members and found that 72% admitted they watched porn regularly (between 1-3 times a week) prior to engaging in an affair, compared to just 34% since starting to cheat on their partner.

The study also questioned users on their porn habits and the majority kept it a secret from their spouse (68%).

Most married men said they wouldn’t watch porn with their wife (84%) however, more than two-thirds would be happy to watch porn with their bit on the side (64%).

Excitement

One male member, Jonathon, said: “I’ve been with my wife for 12 years, and probably stopped having sex regularly halfway through our 12 years together."

“I guess that coincides with the time I began to watch a lot more porn a lot more often. If you’re not getting off with your wife, how else are you supposed to?"

“Now I’ve been seeing other people, my sex life has been revived and I don’t feel the need to watch it anymore.”

Psychologist Lucy Redford said: “Men who have the same sexual partner experience a decline in arousal over time; however, when the same man is introduced to new receptive females he experiences a renewed sense of sexual excitement."

“The bottom line is multiple partners keep a man’s interest, this can devoid the need to self-entertain through the medium of pornographic videos.”

Pleasure seekers

Claire Page of IllicitEncounters.com added: “Men are visual creatures, and how can you expect a man to be turned on by the same person eternally?

“People are pleasure-seeking creatures, we’re never truly content or satisfied, we’re always seeking more – naturally when a man is no longer finding sexual satisfaction in their significant other they may attempt to feed their sexual appetite elsewhere."

“What infidelity does is creates a sense of newness and defeats the point of watching porn, that is, until the novelty wears off. Porn is of course very stimulating, but so are new and exciting sexual partners.”