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When telework rhymes with sex at work

2021-01-22T12:40:57.495Z


While millions of French people have been forced to work from home since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, some are coming to


“I didn't remember since when we hadn't made love other than in the evening and in our bed.

The health situation, which forces millions of French people to stay at home, undeniably presents unspeakable benefits.

If the saving of time, the comfort and the flexibility of the family organization are regularly put forward by the new followers of the work at home, some do not hesitate to emphasize the advantage of new perfect niches to indulge in carnal pleasures.

Even if it means institutionalizing them, like a meeting with colleagues.

“Since I started working at home I have gotten into the habit of taking a nap in the middle of the day.

And one day, my girlfriend joined me, smiles Thomas, a web developer whose living room has become a coworking space for him and his partner.

Now, we make appointments for a hug.

Sometimes we even heat ourselves up beforehand with very explicit messages.

In the end, it doesn't take us too long, we are very relaxed afterwards and just as efficient when we get back behind our screens to work.

Frankly, it's better than a cigarette break in the cold downstairs.

A trend confirmed by an Ifop study carried out for the extramarital dating site Gleeden, which highlights that a third of employees had sexual activity during their working hours during the second confinement.

"We cuddle more easily and sometimes things get out of hand"

“Unlike spring, the children are at school and without our travel times, our days are longer,” explains Sophie, a civil servant based in Strasbourg, who works two days a week at home with her husband.

It gives us more time, more intimate moments, lunches only for two.

We cuddle more easily and sometimes things get out of hand (laughs).

The period is really difficult and it brought us together.

We make love more, even during the day, which no longer happened to us for lack of opportunities.

I also announced to my employer that in the long term, I intended to keep teleworking days to continue spending time with my husband.

"

An idyllic version which is unfortunately not the case for all couples.

"It is far from being the majority of people who take advantage of this period to find a fulfilling sexuality, underlines the sexologist Caroline Le Roux.

Many walk on each other, some want to separate.

Being together 24 hours a day necessarily weighs on the libido.

So some have decided… not to change anything.

At 26 years old and with several exams to return urgently, Simone has not changed her sexual routine with her partner who works part time from home.

“You have to try to keep a somewhat regular pace in the job and, frankly, I have something else to think about than that, she explains.

Afterwards, it's true that we finish earlier, we cook more.

We have a sweeter intimate life.

But sexually, that doesn't change much.

"

"In the office, it is difficult to satisfy an impulse"

The daily life of single people is not upset either.

The loneliness linked to teleworking is however stronger there and solo sexuality a ready-made escape.

“In the office, it is difficult to satisfy an impulse.

While at home, it's easier, continues Caroline Le Roux.

It's a parenthesis, a moment just for yourself.

For people who live alone this entire period, there is a real benefit.

"

The net increase in traffic on streaming pornographic video sites, observed during the spring confinement, is confirmed this winter.

Especially during office opening hours.

"I consume a lot more than before because I am single, forced to stay at home to work, and to avoid contaminating my mother who is fragile, I do not see almost anyone, explains Karim, a thirty-something living nearby. from Marseille.

So yes, I masturbate several times a day.

It makes me feel good without interfering with my work, so I don't see the problem.

When you've been alone for months, it's a valve like any other.

It's still better than starting the aperitif every evening at 6 p.m.

"

“For my part, I've been working from home for years and I've often masturbated between two copy corrections,” says Sylvie, a professor of letters at university.

I haven't had a serious relationship for a long time and an imagination fueled by years of reading erotic literature.

I am no longer physically in front of my students, so my schedules have adapted.

The virus has only further overlapped our professional and personal lives.

Since sex is a part of it, there's no reason it shouldn't blend together too.

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