These two probably just finished volunteering at a homeless shelter. Or something. (Image: Getty)

In news that will upset all self-described bad boys, it’s been revealed that nicer people actually get laid more.

How I Do It: Meet the mum-of-two who has sex all day, every day A recent study published in the British Journal of Psychology showed that altruism is linked to mating success. Result.

The study involved 192 women and 105 men who were asked about all the nice stuff they did, like donating blood, giving money to charity and lending stuff to their neighbours.

They were then asked how much sex they had – both casually and with longterm lovers.


The results showed that the nicer of the lot were more desirable to the opposite sex, had more casual and long-term partners AND had more sex within those relationships.



Additionally, men who gave to charity reported having more longterm lovers than those who didn’t.

In case you’re (quite sensibly) wondering if the people in this study could have been exaggerating, the clever bods who conducted it took narcissism and socially desirable responses into account, still ending up with the same results.

Phew.

Either way, we’re gonna run with this one because it’s nice to be nice and, if we get rewarded with more sex, then so be it.

BRB, off to give drop some coins in a charity collection tin.

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