Sex & Relationships

Hump day: Swedish politician says people should get 1-hour ‘sex breaks’ from work

Afternoon delight.

We could all use a bit of extra productivity from time-to-time. For most of us, it’s an afternoon cuppa or sometimes a quick natter with colleagues.

But one politician in Sweden wants afternoon delight in a very real sense…

According to Swedish paper, The Local, a councillor for the town of Övertorneå wants workers in his hometown to take a nookie break for an hour each day.

An hour. Hmmmm.

“There are studies that show sex is healthy,” said Per-Erik Muskos to the AFP news agency. We agree with that.

“This means that childbirth should be encouraged,” he wrote in the motion.

“When sex is also an excellent form of exercise with documented positive effects on well-being, the municipality should kill two birds with one stone and encourage employees to use their fitness hour to go home and have sex with their partner.”

We get his point but somehow we don’t think root breaks will catch on in Oz…

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