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Fancy having more sex? ‘Course you do. Here’s how you can (according to science).

Two separate studies published in the British Journal of Psychology have found a pretty convincing reason for us to all be donating to charity and walking puppies at shelters: people who are more charitable tend to have more sex. Right then.

The first study asked single man and women to describe how much charity work they take part in (if any), and how frequently they have sex.

Researchers found that straight women received more sexual attention from when they were more charitably active, while men who were more charitable were found to have had more sexual partners in their lifetime. So a win for everyone.

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In the second study, students were given $100 (£77). They were able to either donate all the money to charity, donate part of it, or keep all the cash for themselves.

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The men who gave more money to charity were found to have had more sexual partners, while the women who were more charitable had sex more frequently. Wahey.

The results back up previous research on hunter-gatherer tribes, which found that men who share more meat among non-relatives also tend to have more sex.

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So clearly, there’s a pretty positive relationship between having sex and being charitable.

The only slightly complex bit is that we don’t know how this relationship works, exactly. Are people who are more charitable more attractive as a result? Are people more likely to be charitable when they’re having more sex? No one’s entirely sure.

But look at it this way: being more charitable is a wonderful thing. Use the possibility of more sex as a reason to donate more money or volunteer to read to kids if you fancy – you won’t regret it.