No sex please, men just want cuddles

Men over 40 prefer a cuddle to sex and those who get more are more satisfied, a study has found.

The study by the Kinsey Institute in the United States showed men who regularly cuddled and kissed their partners were three times as satisfied as those who did not.

More than 1000 people from the US, Brazil, Germany, Japan and Spain aged between 40 and 70 were asked gender-specific questions, and were either married or living with partners, the average relationship length being 25 years.

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Men with long-term partners are more likely to be satisfied with their relationships if they're getting lots of hugs, cuddles and other signs of physical affection, a new study finds.

The research, to be published in August in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, also found that men are more likely to say they're happy in their relationships, while women are more likely to say that they're sexually satisfied.

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