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Why rich men are better in bed: Women have more orgasms with wealthy partners, study finds
By David Derbyshire
Last updated at 10:44 AM on 19th January 2009
Money can't buy you love - but it can lead to better sex, scientists say.
A controversial study claims that a woman finds lovemaking more fulfilling if her partner is wealthy.
The finding adds to the evidence that for many females, money, status and success remain a key ingredient in sexual attraction.
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The link between money and sex, and the apparent sexual attraction of fabulously wealthy men, has been debated since the dawn of civilisation.
It was famously celebrated by the spoof chat show host Mrs Merton, when she asked Debbie McGee 'what first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?' and is discussed every time a young female model marries a far older, but richer businessman, pop star or actor.
Often it is assumed that women involved in such relationships do it for the lifestyle - and put up with the sex. But the latest study suggests otherwise.
Evolutionary biologists Dr Thomas Pollet and Prof Daniel Nettles, of Newcastle University, used the world's biggest study into lifestyles to look at the link between wealth and enjoyment of sex.
The Chinese Health and Family Life Survey includes information on the sex lives, income, education and other personal details on 5,000 people across China, based on interviews and questionnaires. Among these were 1,534 women with husbands and boyfriends.
Dr Pollet found that 121 of these women reported always having orgasms during sex, 408 said they 'often' had orgasms, 762 'sometimes' had orgasms while 243 had them rarely or never.
The researchers found several factors influenced the women's enjoyment of sex. However, one of the biggest turned out to be the income of their partner.
'We found that increasing partner income had a highly positive effect on women's self-reported frequency of orgasms,' Dr Pollet said in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour.
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The link between enjoyment of sex and partner's wealth was statistically significant even when they took into account other factors such as age, education, happiness, the length of relationship and health.
The scientists say the findings could be explained by bias in the study - that women who have frequent orgasms tend to overestimate their partner's income, or that women with 'high powered' partners exaggerate how much they enjoy sex.
'While we cannot rule out reporting bias, we note that the interviews took place away from the respondents' home, without their partner present and with the respondents able to input their responses directly into the computer if they so wished,' Dr Pollet said.
It is also possible that women who are highly susceptible to orgasms select partners who are wealthy, he said.
He added: 'The third interpretation is that more desirable mates cause women to experience more orgasms,' he said.
If this is true, a woman's 'capacity for orgasm' could have evolved to help her discriminate between males on the basis of their quality, he added.
The link between enjoyment of sex and wealth has also been found in studies in Germany and America.
Evolutionary biologists argue that every aspect of sex - from courtship to the quality of orgasms - is influenced by millions of years of evolution.
Although many people find the idea that women enjoy sex more with rich partners offensive, some biologists argue that the instinct makes evolutionary sense.
Women have to invest so much time and personal risk into each baby, it is crucial that they get the most successful and healthy partner so they can to improve the chances of their own DNA being passed on.
A man, in contrast, can father hundreds, or even thousands, of babies in a lifetime and so invests less in each child.
That means they do not have to be so choosy about whether their partner is socially successful.
The result of this battle of the sexes is that women are more influenced by the social status, intelligence, quick wits and success of a partner than men are, scientists argue. Wealth is usually an obvious indicator of success.
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Why rich men are better in bed:
Well, in my opinion that's a load of twaddle. I have never, and will never be attracted to a man because of how much money he has. I'm looking for an equal, not a provider. Its a sad state of affairs when the main thing that attracts you to someone is their bank balance. For me, honesty, integrity, a cracking personality and a big smile win hands down any day of the week. :sticky:
Orgasminator
:Pman what a load off bollix sure some women would be attracted to money ,but make dem come better :wank:
Orgasminator
:Paha the daily mail ,"the mass sheet off the middle classes ":fury::censored:
Another study might find that women cheat on their old fat benafactors and go off with the sexy gardener for a good time.
Does that mean she loves u for your money and not for u, doesn't sound very appealing to me, I seriously doubt 90% of women would agree with that, and if any do well u are welcome to them. :-)
Orgasminator
Quote by user=mantihmmm lady chatterlys lover lollol
Another study might find that women cheat on their old fat benafactors and go off with the sexy gardener for a good time.
Does that mean she loves u for your money and not for u, doesn't sound very appealing to me, I seriously doubt 90% of women would agree with that, and if any do well u are welcome to them. :-)
Orgasminator
:P belive it or not in the eary eighties i had a nixer going keeping a garden going , for a rather rich man ,ther was little old me on his property just a poor " peasant" had the job for a full year and from day 2 i was humping his quite sexy but bored wife ,and it was her who started it ,she told me he cared more about making money than he did about her :doggy:so next time ye see a rich bollix wit a dolly bird hanging off him ,just think hmmmmm wonder whose shagging her behind his back :sticky:
Quote by user=shavenhaven
Well, in my opinion that's a load of twaddle. I have never, and will never be attracted to a man because of how much money he has. I'm looking for an equal, not a provider. Its a sad state of affairs when the main thing that attracts you to someone is their bank balance. For me, honesty, integrity, a cracking personality and a big smile win hands down any day of the week. :sticky:
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Yessssssssssssssssss:doggy:
The sexy smiler!! :moon: With a Silly Sense of Humour!! Money can't buy that
Orgasminator
:Psomething i learnt a long time ago ,in order to become real rich you have to be dishonest either morally, or illegally,and most women i know would prefer an honest man ,in my opinion :smoke:
I have to say that rich men are actually more of a turn off for me......I dated a guy who made more in a month than i ever did in a year./..wore designer suits and the sort of house you didnt want to move in , incase you left a mark somewhere......
Give me a guy anyday that I am on an equal footing with.....can relax with.....and then i;ll tell you about good sex....lol
Oh....did I mention that I found him? lol
