From The Age

One in five Britons find monogamy undesirable and nearly a third think It is unnatural, according to a sex survey out Sunday.

The ICM poll, in a 70-page supplement in The Observer newspaper, found that women were more likely to view monogamy as natural and desirable, while young Britons were “significantly more promiscuous than previous generations”.

The survey found that 18 per cent had been unfaithful to their current partner, with 56 per cent of those having been unfaithful with a Friend of their partner, or someone known to their partner.

Some 49 per cent said they had had a one-night stand and 21 per cent had slept with someone whose name they did not know.

“Women are more likely to take the trouble to ask someone’s name before sleeping with them,” the poll found.

On average, respondents had lost their virginity between the ages of 16 and 17 and had had nine sexual partners, with 20 per cent of the population having had more than 10.