Do riches give women better sex lives?

by on January 23, 2007 at 10:41 am in Data Source | Permalink

A survey released today by Prince & Associates in collaboration with wealth consultant Hannah Grove found that 70% of today’s multimillionaires said being wealthy gave them “better sex.”  (You can request a free copy via email here.)  A majority also said wealth gave them “more adventurous and exotic” sex lives.

The survey polled nearly 600 men and women with net worths of more than $30 million and a mean net worth of $89 million…

The survey’s most-surprising findings relate to the impact that money has on the sex lives of women…Among the respondents, nearly three-quarters of the women surveyed (about 150) said they’d had affairs, compared to about 50% of the men.  While the male numbers are in keeping with findings for the broader American population, the figure for women is almost twice as high as the national average, according to sex researchers.  (More than half of all the men and women surveyed had been divorced at least once.)

Fully 63% of rich men said wealth gave them “better sex,” which they defined as having more-frequent sex with more partners.  That compares to 88% of women who said more money gave them better sex, which they defined as “higher quality” sex.

“This tells us that the women as a whole receive more sexual benefits from wealth than men,” says Ms. Grove.

The article has more, but this is a family blog…

Paul January 23, 2007 at 11:28 am

Maybe it’s their sexual behavior which helped them achieve their multi millionaire status in the first place…

Alex January 23, 2007 at 11:36 am

I don’t think the findings are that surprising.

Many of the women in that wealth bracket are ‘trophy wives’ who are clearly more attractive than the average wife. Because of this they qualify for the desire of more men for extra-marital activities. Moreover, they most likely have more time to pursue affairs because they do not need to work as often as the average woman.

eric January 23, 2007 at 12:08 pm

Interesting. Is there data whether people who don’t need jobs (independently wealthy/homemakers) have more sex (or cheat more)?

Nathan Whitehead January 23, 2007 at 12:50 pm

If you read the article, you will see that it mentions how the women polled were not trophy wives, and the sex is not related to pool boys or other help. The women are independently wealthy and are having affairs with business colleagues.

Megan January 23, 2007 at 2:24 pm

Maybe the women were contrasting their wealthy sex to a lower initial baseline.

bristlecone January 23, 2007 at 4:57 pm

Possibilities:

1). Poor females cannot attract male gold diggers.

2). The old stereotype of the lonely wife whose rich husband is never around may be accurate.

3). Social stigma for women admitting to having had affairs decreases as the women become rich at a greater rate than it does for men.

4). As Dig says, incentives:
–Cheat, get caught, get divorced = money
–Cheat, get caught, don’t get divorced = free pass for future affairs
–Cheat, don’t get caught = future affairs
–Don’t cheat = lousy sex

Aaron Fix January 23, 2007 at 7:13 pm

From what I can tell, the pursuit of sex and the pursuit of money have a lot in common.

Neither are hard to get (barring big educational or physical disadvantages)
Highly motivated people do get a lot of both
Both are, in my opinion, similarly unfulfilling
Both can win someone (usually men but increasingly both sexes) respect, admiration and envy

… and then in the case of women (in today’s social climate), the sex might actually lead to the money in some cases. I imagine that to succeed in business, a woman has to play a similar game to the one that the businessmen play. And since there is still a relatively small supply of women in the upper echelons of the business world, one might expect them to have more sex/affairs (for instance, if there are 2 men for every woman, the women will have to have sex twice for the men to have sex once).

Michael Foody January 24, 2007 at 7:08 am

I believe that the amount of assertiveness and unconventionality that would be more helpful for a woman in the business world would be a great asset in participating in sex of a superior caliber.

Crasshopper February 8, 2007 at 3:27 am

As Cat Stevens said, “I’m looking for a hard-headed woman.” Maybe gold-digging men are sincerely turned on by the confidence and capability of successful women in a way that gold-digging women aren’t? Or maybe any guy with his head on straight is looking for a hard-headed woman so these gals have more suitors than wealthy men. Maybe also this greater number of male suitors is abetted by a greater promiscuity by men in general (which I think the article saiys is fact, not stereotype).

sam April 14, 2007 at 11:37 am

on a personal note..and just a thought..with all this free time they have…just maybe they are horny and like to have sex

saif October 10, 2008 at 6:54 am

i need sex from rich lady who can give me money and sex both

newton February 7, 2009 at 3:12 am

i am a hard sucker and fucker need money

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Ethan July 29, 2009 at 9:13 pm

Tyler, being wealthy defiantly draws attention. Females are attracted to “wealthy” men, and are probably willing to do anything necessary (sexually) to please the wealthy men. This is somewhat controversial, but at the same time it’s doing something to get what you want.

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