‘Men lie 3 times more than women’
It seems lying is an integral part of our lives and men do this nearly three times every day compared to around twice a day for women.
On average a male tells 1,092 lies annually while a female comes out with 728 fibs a year, according to a new survey of 3,000 adults by Market researchers OnePoll.
According to the survey, men are less likely to suffer a guilty conscience for lying than the typical woman, the Telegraph reported.
While 82 per cent of females questioned said telling a lie ate away at their conscience, only 70 per cent of men confessed to pangs of guilt, it found.
And while men said their lies were most likely to relate to their drinking habits, the most popular female falsehood is: “Nothing’s wrong, I’m fine”.
The findings also suggested that people are most likely to spin a yarn to their mothers with 25 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women admitting to this.
While some 75 per cent of people polled agreed it was “OK” to fib to save someone’s feelings, only 10 per cent or respondents said they were likely to deceive their partners.
“Lying may seem to be an unavoidable part of human nature but it’s an important part of social interaction,” said Katie Maggs, associate medical curator at the Science Museum in London, which commissioned the study. —PTI
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2 Pakistanis win battle of deportation
AGE CORRESPONDENT
London
Two Pakistani students, Abid Naseer and Ahmad Faraz Khan, who had been arrested in anti-terrorism operation in April last year but eventually not charged, on Tuesday won a long battle against their deportation to Pakistan.
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission ruled that the UK cannot deport the two former students to Pakistan because “there were insufficient safeguards for them in that country and they could face mistreatment on their return.” Thirty-one-year-old Shoaib Khan, who is already back in Pakistan, won an appeal against exclusion from the UK.
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