People with This Personality Trait Have the Most Sex, According to Science

For the study, 192 single women and 105 single men took a series of tests to assess their levels of altruism and their success in dating and mating. 

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It turns out that when it comes to sex, nice guys really do finish first. 

The nicer the person was, the more sex they had overall. Interestingly, unlike women in the study, guys who were ranked as more altruistic had a higher number of casual sex partners, too.

According to the study authors, that makes perfect sense. You see, in the hunter-gatherer cultures of yesteryear, a man’s ability to return to his tribe and display generosity with his loot made him a much more viable partner. Is there anything sexier than a man who will let you eat half of his mammoth ribs?

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It’s worth pointing out that since these assessments were self-reported, it’s hard to say if these gents were really more generous, or just like to think of themselves that way.

Plus, it doesn’t provide a ton of insight into why a person might be more generous. 

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It may sound jaded, but we know that it’s more attractive to give a homeless person a dollar than it is to steal from their cup. I’m not saying that all our altruism is powered by a desire to get laid, but I think it would be naive to remove our awareness of how we are being perceived by others as a factor influencing our behavior. 

Still, it’s nice to hear that being kind is a biological imperative.