By Cherry Norton
Eat your heart out, Mr Average: pop stars, actors and celebrities really do have it all. Not only do they make millions from their talent and good looks, but they also make better lovers, a study shows. Sickening, isn't it?
Research presented at an international psychology conference last week shows women who go to bed with highly attractive men have much better sex lives than those who are stuck with the average "normal" man.
Men such as Brad Pitt and Robbie Williams, idolised by many women more for appearance than talent, are far more likely to give their wives or girlfriends sexual satisfaction than their less fortunate brothers.
The research, at the American Psychological Society annual conference in Miami, found that the more attractive a woman's partner, the greater her sexual enjoyment. Very basically, hunky looks equal orgasms.
The academics from Florida Atlantic university found that although many women are driven by an evolutionary desire to choose life-long partners for financial security and ability to look after future offspring, attractiveness also played an important part in their choice of who will father their children.
Dr Todd Shackelford, a psychologist and co-author of the study, said women have more orgasms with better-looking men because of an evolutionary link between attractiveness and better quality genes.
Biologically, women who experience orgasms are more likely to conceive because of the contraction of muscles helps the sperm reach the egg. Shackelford, who led the research team, said: "Physical attractiveness is highly heritable and may be an indicator of good genes."
Good or otherwise, there is a rich history of highly active celebrity genes. Footballers seem to score particularly freely, according to the breathless tabloid accounts of their lovers, former or otherwise.
From "He lasted the full 90 minutes" (Kieron Dyer) to "He's a bit like Magnus Magnusson from Mastermind - once he's started, he just can't stop", no pun has been spared to describe their impressive bedroom technique.
Rock stars have their following, with glowing testimonials from the partners of three-fifths of the Rolling Stones - Jagger ("brilliant"), Watts ("insatiable"), Wyman ("romantic"), plus Michael Hutchence ("the best lover I ever had," says Paula Yates), and Liam Gallagher ("perfect E we even had a pillow fight").
But in the case of Titanic heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio, the jury still seems to be out, with conflicting reports of his physique and prowess. "Mindblowing," said one. "A TinyTanic flop," said a less grateful partner.
And the case of millionaire businessman Sir Ralph Halpern may suggest that forces other than pure male beauty may be at work.
Page Three girl Fiona Wright's admiration for Halpern's stamina, celebrated in pant-and-tell tales of a five-times-a-night performance, may be an indication that wealth and fame have their part to play in the process, too. The potent effects of attractiveness worked regardless of how good the relationship was or how long it had lasted.
And there is what might be what may be called the rub. For while a good profile, a neat bum, wealth and fame may turn women on, fidelity is sometimes a problem.
The researchers interviewed nearly 400 women in committed heterosexual relationships. The participants ranged from 17 to 62, with the average being 23. The length of relationships varied between a month and 40 years.
In the anonymous study women were asked if they had had an orgasm the last time they had sex, then they rated how attractive they thought their partner.
The findings showed that the level of attractiveness of their partner was a much better predictor of healthy sex lives than women's overall satisfaction with the relationship.
Shackelford said: "The findings show the female orgasm has evolved as a manipulative strategy to select sperm of males higher in genetic quality."
The researchers said that while beauty is in the eye of the beholder, celebrities and pop stars generally represented a benchmark for what was considered as attractive in modern society. - Independent on Sunday
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