People are breaking lockdown rules to have sex. Many say they don’t feel guilty about it and they would do it – Business Insider India

People are risking a lot to have sex during the coronavirus pandemic.

According to a new survey by IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s largest dating website for married people looking to start affairs, one in five people are breaking quarantine to have sex.

But despite the warnings against it, most didn’t feel guilty, Metro reported.Advertisement

A small majority of those who broke the rules (52%) said they did not feel guilty about it, and 64% said they would do it again.

Half of those who broke the rules said they did it with a partner they had already been seeing before lockdown.

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Of those who reported having sex with a partner they don’t live with, 61% of them said they had to sneak off to secret locations to have sex with them at a partner’s house, in a car, and even on a park bench.

Mixed messages on how to date during the pandemic

While many people are alarmed by those sneaking around to have sex and date during the pandemic, public officials have given mixed messages about what proper social distancing hook-up protocol is. Advertisement

The New York City Department of Health made headlines when they released guidelines on safe sex that said masturbation is the safest sex option during the pandemic.

But not all public officials are adhering to the guidelines. Neil Ferguson, a top epidemiologist
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