Durex wants couples to go tech-free for better summer lovin'

Your sex life might thank you for it.
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Rachel Thompson
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Durex wants couples to go tech-free for better summer lovin'
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Sun, sea and sex -- that's what our holidays are all about, right? Wrong. 

A recent study of 2,000 adults by Durex found that 52% of people said they expect better sex while away on their summer hols. 

However, great sexpectations don't always match up to reality, and Durex found that 60% of respondents admitted that reality didn't live up to their expectations. 

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Interestingly, 57% said that they'd be more turned on if they knew their partner had turned off their phone to focus on an evening with them on holiday. A figure which gave Durex an idea. 

Durex conducted a social experiment by inviting couples on holiday, and dividing them into two groups -- couples with tech, and couples without tech -- to see which group would fare better. 

Let's just say, the results were something of a revelation. 

Rachel Thompson, sits wearing a dress with yellow florals and black background.
Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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