Creative People Likely To Have More Sex Partners

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THE more creative a person is, the more sexual partners he or she is likely to have, according to a new study.

Researchers at Newcastle University said this could explain the behaviour of notorious womanisers such as poets Lord Byron and Dylan Thomas and artist Pablo Picasso.

Others famed for their sexual activity were US writer Jack Kerouac, Mexican painters and husband and wife Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and Italian painter Caravaggio.

The study found professional artists and poets have about twice as many sexual partners as those who do not indulge in these creative activities.

The authors also delved into the personalities of artists and poets and discovered they shared certain traits with mentally ill patients. These traits were linked with an increased sexual activity.

A total of 425 British men and women - including a sample of visual artists and poets and schizophrenic patients - were surveyed for the report, which has been published in the academic journal The Proceedings of the Royal Society.

Although creative types have long been associated with increased sexual activity, this is the first time a link has been proved by research.
Participants in the study were given questionnaires that asked about their degree of creative activity in poetry and visual art, their psychiatric history and their history of sexual encounters since the age of 18.

They were also required to answer questions on a "schizotypy inventory" - a breakdown of characteristics linked with schizophrenic patients.

The average number of sexual partners for professional artists and poets was between four and 10, compared with a mean of three for non-creative types.

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